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Extracellular enzymes

Appears in 11 processs and 29 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

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Enzyme kinetics: Michaelis-Menten rates and temperature response

10 steps

Start: Enzyme meets substrate
End: Hydrolysis rate set
Enzyme binds substrate and releases product at rate V = Vmax[S]/(Km+[S])
and 7 more in this process

Enzymatic depolymerization of plant polymers

4 steps

Start: Polymers outside the cell
End: Monomers available for uptake
Enzymes diffuse and bind substrate or mineral surfaces
and 1 more in this process

Organic matter decomposition

3 steps

Ecoenzymatic stoichiometry: matching enzymes to nutrient limitation

3 steps

Soil respiration: temperature and moisture control and climate feedback

3 steps

Living soil system

1 step

Organic matter decomposition

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Saprotrophic fungi

1 step

Extracellular cellulase and hemicellulase secreted

Nitrogen cycling

1 step

Organic nitrogen is mineralized to ammonium (ammonification)

Soil nitrogen mineralization and immobilization turnover

1 step

Proteases and chitinases depolymerize proteins and chitin to amino acids and amino sugars

Actinomycetes: Streptomyces hyphal life cycle, extracellular enzymes and antibiotics

1 step

Vegetative mycelium grows by tip extension and branching, penetrating particles and secreting hydrolases (chitinase, cellulase, xylanase)

Soil gas exchange and redox

1 step

Soil respiration: temperature and moisture control and climate feedback

Often found with

Decomposers 11 Cellulose 9 Enzymes 6 Soil microbes 6 Carbon 5 Water 3 Cellulases 3 Phosphatases 3 Plant roots 3 Oxygen 2 Nitrogen 2 Clay minerals 2

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