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ENZYMES AND ENZYMIC ACTIVITIES OF FUNGI 



End-products 



Acids and alcohols 

 Glycerol plus fatty acids 

 Cholin and glycerophosphoric 



acid and fatty acids 

 Glucose and tannic acid 

 Pectic acid 

 Fructose and glucose 

 Fructose and melibiose 

 Glucose 

 Glucose 

 Cellobiose 



Dextrins and monosaccharides 

 Dextrins and maltose 

 Fructose 



Fructose and melibiose 

 Fructose and galactose 

 Glucose and other products 

 Gentiobiose and benzaldehyde 



plus hydrocyanic acid 

 Paracasein 



Sugar plus nonsugar residues 

 Proteoses and peptones 

 Peptids and amino acids 



Amino acids 



Ammonium carbonate 



Quinones 



Melanins 



Active oxygen plus reduction 



products 

 Alcohol and carbon dioxide 



Lactic acid 

 Malic acid 



Water plus molecular oxygen 

 Oxyluciferin and light by bio- 

 luminescent species 



This reactive group is attached to a colloidal carrier, and specific 

 action is determined in part by the colloidalitv of the aggregate 

 and in part by the affinity of the reactive group for the substrate. 

 The enzyme becomes inactivated, therefore, when the colloidal 

 properties of the aggregate are destroyed. The second group of 

 investigators believe that enzymes are specific, definite chemical 

 compounds, probably proteins, and that enzyme specificity is de- 



