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Isolation and properties of a lectin from the seeds of the Indian bean or lablab (Dolichos lablab L.).

ABSTRACT: The lectin of the Indian bean or lablab (Dolichos lablab L.) was purified by affinity chromatography on two types of affinity carriers: O-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl-Separon and Separon-bound ovomucoid. The lectin is homogeneous in the ultracentrifuge: S20, w = 6.14 S, Mr = 110 000; the molecule appears to comprise two pairs of two types of subunits (Mr 16 000 and 40 000), and contains 2% neutral sugar and 0.2 Mn and 0.5 Zn atom respectively. The lectin agglutinates human erythrocytes non-specifically with regard to ABO grouping at a limit concentration of 8 micrograms/ml, and this activity is inhibited most effectively by N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside and ovomucoid, but not by free D-mannose.

SUBMITTER: Guran A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1154142 | biostudies-other | 1983 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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