• Question: what are the enzymes in sea sponges?

    Asked by anon-227176 to Emily on 19 Nov 2019.
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      Emily Sparkes answered on 19 Nov 2019:


      All living organisms have a huge variety of enzymes in them. I study just one of the ones inside sea sponges- it’s called silicatein and is responsible for making and breaking Silicon-Oxygen bonds to form the sponge’s exoskeleton

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