Table 1.
Chitinase | No. of amino acids (molecular mass [kDa]) | Predicted domainsa | Activity (U/mg) |
|
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pNP-(GlcNAc)2 | Colloidal chitin | |||
ChiA | 933 (97) | Signal peptide, GH-18, FnIII × 4, CBM-5/12 × 2 | 0.041 | 2.5 |
ChiB | 1,162 (122) | Signal peptide, GH-18, FnIII × 5, CBM-5/12 × 3 | 1.3 | 2.0 |
ChiC | 766 (82) | Signal peptide, GH-18, FnIII × 2, chitinase A N-terminal domain | 0.25 | 2.5 |
ChiD | 724 (78) | Signal peptide, GH-18, FnIII × 2, CBM-5/12 | 0.085 | 0.58 |
ChiE | 585 (61) | Signal peptide, GH-18, FnIII × 2, CBM-5/12 | 270 | 4.6 |
ChiF | 834 (87) | Signal peptide, GH-18, FnIII × 3, CBM-5/12 × 2 | 0.048 | 2.1 |
ChiW | 1,418 (153) | Signal peptide, SLH × 3, GH-18 × 2 | 0.71 | 5.2 |