Matsuda, Tsukasa and Kabat, Elvin A and Surolia, Avadhesha (1989) Carbohydrate binding specificity of the basic lectin from winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus). In: Molecular Immunology, 26 (2). pp. 189-195.
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The carbohydrate binding specificity of the basic lectin from winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) was investigated by quantitative precipitin analysis using blood group A, B, H, Le and I substances and by precipitation inhibition with various mono- and oligosaccharides. The lectin precipitated best with A1 substances and moderately with B and A2 substances, but not with H or Le substances. Inhibition assays of lectin-blood group A1 precipitation demonstration that A substance-derived oligosaccharides having the common structure: d-Ga1NAcα(1 → 3)d-Gal-(β1 → Image ) to a d-Glc, were the best inhibitors and about 8 and 4 times more active than d-Ga1NAc and d-Ga1NAcα(1 → 3)d-Ga1, respectively. A difucosyl A-specific oligosaccharide (A-penta), a monofucosyl (A-tetra) and a non-fucosyl containing (A5 II) oligosaccharide, d-Ga1NAcα(1 → 3)d-Ga1β(1 → 3)d-G1cNAc, had almost the same reactivity, suggesting that the fucose linked to the sub-terminal d-Ga1 or to the third sugar, d-GlcNAc, from the non-reducing end made no contribution to the carbohydrate binding. Although a terminal non-reducing d-Ga1NAc or d-Ga1 residue was indispensible for binding, the lectin bound not only to these terminal non-reducing galactopyranosyl residues, but also showed increased binding to oligosaccharides in which it was bonded to a sub-terminal d-Ga1 joined to a d-GlcNAc residue, as in blood group A or B substances. This defines the site, thus far, as complementary to a disaccharide plus the β linkage to the third sugar (d-Glc or d-GlcNAc) from the non-reducing end. The role of the β(1 → 3) or β(1 → 4) linkage of the sub-terminal non-reducing d-Gal to the d-GlcNAc requires further study.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Molecular Immunology |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Additional Information: | Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2010 05:57 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2010 05:57 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/27533 |
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