Table 1.

Chit42 hydrolytic activity on the analysed substrates

Substrate	MW (kDa)	DD (%)	Activity (%)
Colloidal Chitin	n.d.	≤ 5a	100 ± 6
QS1	98	81	29 ± 2
QS2	31	77	28 ± 2
CHIT600	600–00	> 90	2.3 ± 0.1
CHIT100	100–300	> 90	3.2 ± 0.2

100% activity: 0.2 U/mL

Data are the average of 3 independent experiments. Standard errors were indicated

n.d. not determined

^aDD of initial chitin flakes