Protein degradation
The protein content of the waste products on hydrolysis by specific enzymes formed by microbes are splitted into polypeptides & finally into simpler amino acid. These amino acids are either utilized by microbes for body building or acted upon by some bacteria & fungi producing NH3, CO2& various organic acids & alcohols.
Proteolysis- protein degrade into amino acid in the presence of enzymes extra cellularly secreted by Clostridium, Pseudomonas, Bacillus & many fungi
Proteins—-Proteases—> Polypeptides—peptidase —> AA
AA (Amino Acids) are degraded by various ways:
- Oxidative deamination
Glutamic acid + O2——aerobic microbes–> succinic acid + NH3 + CO2
Azotobacter,
Azospirillum
2. By hydrolytic deamination
Glycine + 2H2O—-Micrococcus—-> Acetic acid + NH3 + CO2