Potato lectin: A three-domain glycoprotein with novel hydroxyproline-containing sequences and sequence similarities to wheat-germ agglutinin

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1285-1291

  Allen, Anthony K ^a   Bolwell, G Paul ^b   Brown, David S ^c   Sidebottom, Christopher ^d   Slabas, Antoni R ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chitin binding; Hydroxyproline rich glycoprotein; MALDI mass spectrometry; Potato lectin (Solanum tuberosum); Protein sequences

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; PLANT LECTIN; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MASS SPECTROMETER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT; POTATO; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHITIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTINE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HYDROXYPROLINE; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROCOLLAGEN-PROLINE DIOXYGENASE; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

EID: 0030293126     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1357-2725(96)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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