Role of proteins in soil carbon and nitrogen storage: controls on persistence

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Microbial control over carbon cycling in soil (2012, background): “Microorganisms can also produce other chemicals that directly affect soil conditions and structure, including a variety of proteins such as hydrophobins, glomalin (produced by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the Glomales), and chaplins (produced by Actinomycetes; Rillig et al., 2007).”
The Microbial Efficiency‐Matrix Stabilization (MEMS) framework integrates plant litter decomposition with soil organic matter stabilization: do labile plant inputs form stable soil organic matter? (2013, background): “Enhanced SOM accumulation under enzyme-stabilizing conditions may therefore be linked to increasing physical isolation of enzymes and substrates (Rillig et al., 2007).”
The decomposition of ectomycorrhizal fungal necromass (2016, background): “The unwettable nature of these tissues is likely to then impede their enzymatic decomposition (Rillig et al., 2007).”
The Role of Microbial Communities in the Formation and Decomposition of Soil Organic Matter (2010, background): “In soil ecosystems, most proteins are easily degraded although a significant amount of protein is stabilized for some time against microbial attack through interaction with other soil organic matter and/or physical protection (Rillig et al. 2007).”