Purification and characterization of carbohydrate-binding peptides from Lotus tetragonolobus and Ulex europeus seed lectins using affinity chromatography. |
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Authors: | Y Konami K Yamamoto T Osawa |
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Institution: | Division of Chemical Toxicology and Immunochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Carbohydrate-binding peptides of several anti-H(O) leguminous lectins were obtained from endoproteinase Asp-N or Lys-C digests of L-fucose-binding Lotus tetragonolobus lectin (LTA) and Ulex europeus lectin I (UEA-I) and from that of a di-N-acetylchitobiose-binding Ulex europeus lectin II (UEA-II) by affinity chromatography on columns of Fuc-Gel (for LTA and UEA-I) and on a column of a mixture of several oligomers of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine (GlcNAc) coupled to Sepharose 4B (GlcNAc oligomer-Sepharose 4B) (for UEA-II). These peptides were retained on the Fuc-Gel or GlcNAc oligomer-Sepharose 4B column and were presumed to have an affinity for the columns. The amino acid sequences of the retarded peptides were determined using a protein sequencer. |
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