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By what mechanism is ammonia liberated in the Kjeldahl Method of protein determination?

I was looking at the Kjeldahl digestion of proteins, and I very much do not understand the mechanism by which it works. The reaction scheme is as follows: $$\ce{Protein-N + H_2SO_4 ->[K_2SO_4, CuSO_4] …
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