... polymorpha-chitin (antiparallel packing of the chitin chains);b-chitin (parallel packing of the chitin chains); and the minor polymorph c-chitin (mixture of parallel andantiparallel chain packing) [1,2]. ... show the general importance of chitin-binding proteins in chitin turnover, and provide the first example of a family 33 chitin-bindingprotein that increases chitinase efficiency towards a-chitin.AbbreviationsCBM, ... Residues involved in the chitin-binding andfunctional properties of CBP21 [10,17], but not conserved in LlCBP33A or ChbB, are shaded grey. The arrow indicates the terminal aminoacid of the N-terminal...