Abstract
Two lectins were purified by affinity chromatography from mature peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) nodules, and compared with the previously characterised seed lectin of this plant. One of the nodule lectins was similar to the seed lectin in its molecular weight and amino-acid composition and ability to bind derivatives of galactose. However, unlike the seed lectin, this nodule lectin appeared to be a glycoprotein and the two lectins were only partially identical in their reaction with antibodies prepared against the seed lectin. The other nodule lectin also appeared to be a glycoprotein but bound mannose/glucose-like sugar derivatives, and differed from the seed lectin in molecular weight, antigenic properties and amino-acid composition.
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Abbreviations
- Gal:
-
galactose
- Gle:
-
glucose
- GNL:
-
galactose-binding nodule lectin
- Fru:
-
fructose
- MNL:
-
mannosebinding nodule lectin
- M r :
-
rerative molecular mass
- PBS:
-
phosphate-buffered saline
- PSL:
-
peanut seed lectin
- SDS:
-
sodium dodecyl sulphate
- Sorb:
-
sorbitol
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Law, I.J., Haylett, T. & Strijdom, B.W. Differences in properties of peanut seed lectin and purified galactose- and mannose-binding lectins from nodules of peanut. Planta 176, 19–27 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00392475
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