Enzyme role in digestion

Enzymes also play a key role in digestion of large insoluble food molecules into smaller, more soluble products that can be transported and assimilated in fungi and bacteria. Decomposers in the ecosystem, the fungi and bacteria, release hydrolytic enzymes such as lipase, carbohydrase and protease (to digest triglycerides, carbohydrates and proteins respectively). The soluble products of this extracellular digestion (e.g. fatty acids, glucose, and amino acids) can then be absorbed and assimilated into useful compounds.