Humification enzymes

In the past the mineral matrix was considered as inert, only providing stabilization support for enzymes and humic substances however, due to the overwhelming amount of evidence at the molecular level, there is no doubt that minerals participate in abiotic catalysis of humification reactions in soils. Naidja et al. (2000) referred to mineral particles as the Hidden Half of enzyme-clay complexes, which not only prolong the activity of immobilized enzymes but also are readily able to participate in electron transfer reactions. Many environmental factors can negatively affect the... 

The term biochemical stabilization refers to the biotic or abiotic production of organic substances that are refractory to decomposition by microorganisms and contribute, through condensation and complex formation, to the stabilization of otherwise easily decomposable substrates such as enzymes. This stabilization process coincides with the process of humification. 

Humus formation Internal Direct Indirect Production of gut enzymes that favor the condensation reactions Biosynthesis of waxes, etc. Production of enzymes that favor humification by gut symbionts... 

Humification and mineralization in Histosols are complex transformations involving physical, chemical, enzymic, faunal, and microbial processes. These occur in a succession of microenvironments varying in their redox and chemical properties. 

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