(Originais Teachy 2024) - Question Hard of Sciences

Imagine that you are teaching an alien about the human digestive system. This alien, although having a digestive system, functions very differently from ours. As part of your explanation, you should include a discussion on the importance of chemistry for the digestive process. Based on your knowledge, describe in detail how a specific chemical compound (for example, an enzyme) acts at a specific point (for example, in the mouth, stomach, or small intestine) of the human digestive system. Explain the role of this compound in the context of digesting a specific type of food (for example, carbohydrates, proteins, or lipids) and justify the importance of this process for supplying energy to the human body.