Imagine that a person has a disorder of the pancreas that does not allow it to secrete digestive enzymes. Which enzyme would be missing to break down DNA and RNA?

Nucleases break down nucleic acids, including DNA and RNA. If the pancreas cannot secrete digestive enzymes, the missing enzyme for digesting DNA and RNA would be nucleases. Amylases digest carbohydrates, proteases digest proteins, and lipases digest fats.

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