NEET 2013 Biology question

Which of the following is not correctly matched for the organism and its cell wall degrading enzyme ?

(1)Bacteria-Lysozyme
(2)Plant cells-Cellulase
(3)Algae-MethylaseCorrect
(4)Fungi-Chitinase

Answer: (3)

Solution

To isolate DNA the cells must be broken: bacterial cell walls are digested by lysozyme, plant cell walls by cellulase and fungal cell walls (chitin) by chitinase. These matches are

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