... chitosan by pronaseand characterization of the resultant productsAcharya B. Vishu Kumar1, Lalitha R. Gowda 2 and Rudrapatnam N. Tharanathan11Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, 2 Department ... 1513–1518.41. Watanabe,T.,Kobori,K.,Kiyotaka,Miyashita,Fujii,T.,Sakai,H. & Makot, Uchida and Tanaka, H. (1993) Identification ofglutamic acid 20 4 and aspartic acid 20 0 in chitinase A1 of Bacilluscirculans ... to their affinity, bind tocharcoal through a weak van der Wall’s force and theirbinding capacity is dependent on charge/mass ratio. The affinity decreases with increase in the charge/mass ratio...