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Which of the following enzyme-reaction pairs is wrongly matched?

AInvertase: sucrose $\to$ glucose + fructose
BZymase: glucose $\to$ ethanol + carbon dioxide
CMaltase: maltose $\to$ glucose
DPepsin: starch $\to$ glucose

Answer: D

Pepsin is a protease that breaks proteins into peptides in the stomach; it does not act on starch. The other three pairs are correct.

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