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. 2018 Jun 26;11:179. doi: 10.1186/s13068-018-1169-x

Table 2.

Purification of recombinant CmChi1 by different methods

Purification method Total activity (U) Total protein (mg) Specific activity (U/mg)a Purification (fold) Recovery yield (%)
Crude enzyme 198.6 521.1 0.4 0 100
Ni–NTA resin 139.6 12.3 11.4 29.9 70.3
Chitinase–glycogen complex precipitation 176.8 11.6 15.3 40.2 89.0

aEnzymatic activity was measured in 50 mM citrate buffer (pH 5.2) at 50 °C for 30 min using 1% (w/v) CC as the substrate