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Table 4 Specific activities of wild type and mutated CsnN174 chitosanases towards chitosans with different degrees of N -deacetylation

From: A highly conserved arginine residue of the chitosanase from Streptomyces sp. N174 is involved both in catalysis and substrate binding

 

Specific activity of chitosanase (U/mg)

Chitosan degree ofN-deacetylation (%)

WT

R42K

R42E

97

73± 2

1.37 ± 0.03

0.816 ± 0.006

94

69 ± 1

1.42 ± 0.04

0.854 ± 0.008

86

56 ± 2

1.48 ± 0.05

0.91 ± 0.01

84

52.9

1.4

0.9

72

13.0 ± 0.6

1.19 ± 0.04

0.69 ± 0.01

65

7.5 ± 0.9

0.73 ± 0.01

0.464 ± 0.005

62

8.1 ± 0.5

0.63 ± 0.04

0.35 ± 0.01