Double-reciprocal plots of binding data for chitinase A1 (a), A1ΔChBD (b), and ChBDChiA1 (c). The binding assay mixture contained 1 mg (dry weight) of regenerated chitin and from 1 to 70 μg of each protein (14 to 1,000 pmol of chitinase A1, 15 to 1,050 pmol of A1ΔChBD, and 154 to 10,770 pmol of ChBDChiA1) in 1 ml of 20 mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.0). The binding assay was performed by keeping the binding assay mixtures on ice for 1 h for chitinase A1 and A1ΔChBD and 3 h for ChBDChiA1. [B], bound protein concentration; [F], free protein concentration.