PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS - A NEW CLASS OF METALLOPROTEINS - ISOLATION, PURIFICATION, AND SOME PROPERTIES OF LECTIN FROM PHASEOLUS-LUNATUS
PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS - A NEW CLASS OF METALLOPROTEINS - ISOLATION, PURIFICATION, AND SOME PROPERTIES OF LECTIN FROM PHASEOLUS-LUNATUS
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(70)80354-4
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发表时间:
1970-01-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
GOLDSTEIN, IJ
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作者:
GALBRAITH, W;GOLDSTEIN, IJ
Phytohemagglutinins(lectins) are carbohydratebinding globulin proteins found in the seeds of a wide variety of leguminous plants [1, 2]. These seed proteins provide a unique opportunity for the investigation of homogeneous combining sites, a possibility not yet realized with antibodies. The specificities of a few lectins have been studied in some detail [3-61. Concanavalin A (con A) the phytohemagglutinin of the jack bean (Canavalia ensifomis) is the only purified lectin which is not a glycoprotein and for which a metal requirement has been established conclusively [7-91. There have been no reports concerning the metal requirements of other phytohemagglutinins, although reference has been made to the fact that ethylenediaminetetraacetate(EDTA) abolishes the agglutinating and mitogenic stimulating properties of PI-IA, a crude extract of Phaseolus vulgaris, variously referred to as wax bean or kidney bean [lo, II].The lectin of the lima bean, Phaseolus lunatus, studied extensively in the form of its crude extracts or partially purified preparations [12-141, has been shown to be specific for type A human red blood cells and to be specifically inhibited by N-acetyl-D-galactosamine (GalNAc). Recently, Gould and Scheinberg [151 published an isolation procedure for the lima bean phytohemagglutinin and reported some of its physical and chemical properties. Two active components were found-one with twice the molecular weight of the other.