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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:

  1. Oxidative deamination

Glutamic acid + O2——aerobic microbes–> succinic acid + NH3 + CO2

Azotobacter,

                                   Azospirillum

 

2. By hydrolytic deamination

Glycine + 2H2O—-Micrococcus—-> Acetic acid + NH3 + CO2