TABLE 4.
Substrate | % Chitinase activity bound |
---|---|
Purified crab shell chitin | 100 |
Chitin azure | 100 |
Colloidal chitin | 100 |
Chitosan | 25 |
Xylan | 42 |
Lichenan | 88 |
Heparin agarose | 35 |
Microgranular cellulose | 81 |
N,N′-Diacetylchitobiose agarose | 36 |
Chitinase activity in the supernatant was measured using 4-nitrophenyl-β-d-N,N′-diacetylchitobiose.