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. 2017 Apr 11;17:37. doi: 10.1186/s12896-017-0358-1

Table 5.

Synergy between the commercial chitinase CtnSg and rHJ5Nag for the degradation of colloidal chitin

Order of enzyme addition and reaction time Reducing sugars (μmol) Degree of synergya
First enzyme Time (min) Second enzyme Time (min)
CtnSg 120 No 0 0.28 1.00
rHJ5Nag 120 No 0 NDb -
CtnSg & rHJ5Nag 120 No 0 0.57 2.02
CtnSg 30 rHJ5Nag 90 0.55 1.98
CtnSg 60 rHJ5Nag 60 0.48 1.72
CtnSg 90 rHJ5Nag 30 0.36 1.29

aThe degree of synergy was calculated using the following equations:

DS=RSrHJ5NagCtnSgRSrHJ5Nag+RSCtnSg

where DS is the degree of synergy, RS rHJ5NagCtnSg is the amount of reducing sugars released from simultaneous or sequential enzyme reactions, and RS rHJ5Nag and RS CtnSg are the amounts of reducing sugars released from individual enzyme reactions

bNot detected