We have recently had a paper accepted on a new theory on the temperature response of enzymes that is likely to have important implications for many soil processes exposed to changing temperature. The work was led by our friends in the Protein and Microbes Lab (University of Waikato)

Hobbs, J.K.; Jiao, W.; Easter, A.D.; Parker, E.J.; Schipper, L.A.; Arcus, V.L. (accepted) The Change in Heat Capacity for Enzyme Catalysis Determines the Temperature Dependence of Enzyme Catalysed Rates. ACS Chemical Biology. DOI: 10.1021/cb4005029