Lectins are proteins capable of specific and reversible recognition of carbohydrates without modifying them. Many studies have isolated these molecules from Leguminosae seeds but little attention was given to subcellular localization and biological function of these molecules. Therefore, this work aimed to describe Canavalia brasiliensis seed structure and the subcellular localization of ConBr. In addition, we ...
Lectin from the seeds of Dioclea lasiophylla (DlyL) was purified in a single step by affinity chromatography on a Sephadex® G-50 column. DlyL strongly agglutinated rabbit erythrocytes and was inhibited by monosaccharides (D-mannose and α-methyl-Dmannoside) and glycoproteins (ovalbumin and fetuin). Similar to other Diocleinae lectins, DlyL has three chains, α, β and γ, with mass of 25,569 ± 2, 12,998 ± 1 and 12,...
PEREIRA JÚNIOR, F. N. Purificação, caracterização parcial e cristalização de uma lectina ligante de manose das sementes de Platymiscium floribundum Vogel. 2011. 77 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Bioquímica) - Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2011.; Platymiscium floribundum Vogel seeds, a species of the Leguminosae family, Papilionoideae subfamily, Dalbergieae tribe, have a lectin manno...
PEREIRA JÚNIOR, F. N. Caracterização estrutural parcial e biológica de uma lectina de sementes de Dioclea reflexa Hook F. 2014. 103 f. Tese (Doutorado em Bioquímica) - Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2014.; Lectins are proteins that have at least one non-catalytic domain capable of reversibly bind to specific mono-or oligosaccharides. Lectins are widely distributed in many plants a...