Isolectins from seeds of Artocarpus lakoocha

Phytochemistry. 1995 Nov;40(5):1331-4. doi: 10.1016/0031-9422(95)00535-f.

Abstract

Two isolectins (ALA-I and ALA-II), were isolated from seed extracts of Artocarpus lakoocha by anion exchange chromatography on Q-Sepharose fast flow columns at pH 8.5 and 8.0 ALA-I was unbound to the column at pH 8.5 and moved towards the cathode in non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, whereas ALA-II possessed opposite properties. The two A. lakoocha agglutinins appeared to be composed of two dissimilar subunits (alpha and beta of M(r) 14,000 and 17,200) bound non-covalently. The isolectins possessed several similar properties including: blood type agglutination; pH optimum; pH and temp stability; as well as binding specificity towards asialomucins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry, Physical
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Columbidae
  • Cricetinae
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Geese
  • Lectins / chemistry
  • Lectins / isolation & purification*
  • Lectins / pharmacology
  • Mice
  • Plant Lectins
  • Plants / chemistry*
  • Rats
  • Seeds / chemistry

Substances

  • Lectins
  • Plant Lectins