Isolation and characterization of novel lectins from Canavalia ensiformis DC and Dioclea grandiflora Mart. ex Benth. seeds

Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-324

  Melgarejo, Luz Marina ^a   Vega, Nohora ^a   Pérez, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Characterization; Diocleinae; Lectins; Leguminoseae

Indexed keywords

CANAVALIA; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; DIOCLEA GRANDIFLORA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 30844471576     PISSN: 16770420     EISSN: 16770420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-04202005000300006     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Agrawal BBL, Goldstein IJ (1967) Protein carbohydrate interaction. VI. Isolation of Concanavalin A by specific adsorption on cross-linked gels. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 147: 262-271.
2. Almanza M, Vega N, Pérez G (2004) Isolating and characterising a lectin from Galactia lindenii seeds that recognise blood group H determinants. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 429: 180-190.
3. Becker JW, Reeke GN Jr, Wang JL, Cunningham BA, Edelman GM (1975) The covalent and three-dimensional structure of Concanavalin A. III. Structure of the monomer and its interactions with metals and saccharides. J. Biol. Chem. 250: 1513-1524.
4. Bollag DM, Edelstein S (1991) Protein Methods. Wiley-Liss, New York, USA.
5. Bowles DJ, Marcus SE, Pappin DJC, Findlay JBC, Eliopoulos E, Maycox PR, Burgess J (1986) Posttranslational processing of Concanavalin A precursors in jackbean cotyledons. J. Cell Biol. 102:1284-1297.
6. Cleveland DW, Fischer SG, Kirschner MW, Laemmli UK (1977) Peptide mapping by limited proteolysis in sodium dodecyl sulfate and analysis by gel electrophoresis. J. Biol Chem. 252:1102-1106.
7. Correia M, Coelho L (1995) Purification of a glucose/manose specific lectin, isoform 1, from seeds of Cratylia mollis Mart. (Camaratu Bean). Applied Biochem. Biotechnol. 55: 261-273.
8. Faye L, Chrispeels MJ (1985) Characterization of N-linked oligosaccharides by affinoblotting with concanavalin A-peroxidase and treatment of the blot with glycosidases. Anal. Biochem. 149:218-224.
9. Goldstein IJ, Poretz RD (1986) Isolation, physicochemical characterization and carbohydrate-binding specificity of lectins. In: Liener IE, Sharon N, Goldstein IJ (eds) The lectins, pp. 52. Academic Press, Orlando, USA.
10. Herman EM, Shannon LM, Chrispeels MJ (1985) Concanavalin A is synthesized as a glycoprotein precursor. Planta 165:23-29.
11. Laemmli UK (1970) Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature 227:680-685.
12. LePendu J, Gerard G, Lambert F, Mollicone R, Oriol R (1986) A new anti-H lectin from the seeds of Galactia tenuiflora. Glycoconjugate J. 3:203-216.
13. Liener IE, Sharon N, Goldstein IJ (1986) The lectins. Academic Press, Orlando, USA.
14. Matsudaira P (1987) Sequence from picomole quantities of proteins electroblotted onto polyvinyldiene difluoride membranes. J. Biol. Chem. 262:10035-10038.
15. Melgarejo LM, Pérez G (1997) Immunolocalization of the lectins P2 and P4 from Dioclea lehmanni seeds. Plant Cell Physiol. 38:480-483.
16. Moreira R, Barros AC, Stewart JC, Pusztai A (1983) Isolation and characterization of a lectin from the seeds of Dioclea grandiflora (Mart). Planta 158:63-69.
17. Moreira RA, Oliveira JTA ( 1983) Lectins from the genus Artocarpus. Biol. Plant. 25:343-348.
18. Moreira R, Cordeiro EF, Sousa-Cavada B, Nunes EP, Fernandes A, Oliveira JT (1993) Plant seed lectins. A possible marker for chemotaxonomy of the genus Canavalia. Rev. Bras. Fisiol. Veg. 5:127-132.
19. Moreira R, Cordeiro EF, Ramos M, Grangeiro TB, Maartins JL, Oliveira J, Sousa-Cavada B (1996) Isolation and partial characterization of a lectin from seeds of Dioclea violacea. Rev. Bras. Fisiol. Veg. 8:23-29.
20. Moreira R, Monteiro A, Oliveira J, Sousa-Cavada B (1997) Isolation and characterization of Dioclea altíssima var. megacarpa seed lectin. Phytochemistry 46:139-144.
21. Ochoa JL, Kristiansen T (1978) Stroma: As an affinity adsorbent for non-inhibitable lectins. FEBS Lett. 90:145-148.
22. Olson MOJ, Liener IE (1967) Some physical and chemical properties of Concanavalin A, the phytohemagglutinin of the jack bean. Biochemistry 6:105-111.
23. Peña C, Villarraga F, Pérez G (1988) A lectin from the seeds of Erythrina rubrinervia. Phytochemistry 27:1045-1048.
24. Pérez G (1984) Purification and characterization of a lectin from the seeds of Erythrina edulis. Phytochemistry 23:1229-1232.
25. Pérez G, Hernández M, Mora E (1990) Isolation and characterization of a lectin from the seeds of Dioclea lehmanni. Phytochemistry 29:1745-1749.
26. Pérez G, Pérez C, Sousa-Cavada B, Moreira R, Richardson M (1991) Comparison of the amino acid sequences of the lectins from seeds of Dioclea lehmanni and Canavalia maritima. Phytochemistry 30:2619-2621.
27. Pérez G (1998) Isolation and characterization of a novel lectin from Dioclea lehmanni (Fabaceae) seeds. Biochem. Cell Biol. 30:843-853.
28. Richardson M, Campos FD, Moreira RA, Ainouz LL, Begbie R, Watt WB, Pusztai A (1984) The complete amino acid sequence of the major α subunit of the lectin from the seeds of Dioclea grandiflora (Mart). Eur. J. Biochem. 144:101-111.
29. Schagger H, Von Jagow G (1987) Tricine-sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for the separation of proteins in the range from 1 to 100 kDa. Anal. Biochem. 166:368-379.
30. Sharon N, Lis H (1989) Lectins as cell recognition molecules. Science 240:227-234.
31. Sierra A, Pérez G (1999) Extracción, purificación y caracterización de dos lectinas en semillas de Dioclea sericea. Rev. Acad. Col. Ciencias 23:445-454.
32. Sousa-Cavada B, Ramos MV, Cordeiro EF, Grangeiro TV, Oliveira JTA, de Carvalho AF, Moreira RA (1996a) Purification and partial characterization of a lectin from Dioclea virgata Benth seeds. Rev. Bras. Fisiol. Veg. 8:37-42.
33. Sousa-Cavada B, Grangeiro TV, Ramos MV, Cordeiro EF, Oliveira JTA, Moreira RA (1996b) Isolation and partial characterization of a lectin from Dioclea rostrata Benth seeds. Rev. Bras. Fisiol. Veg. 8:31-36.
34. Sumner JB, Howell SF (1936) The identification of the hemagglutinin of the jack bean with concanavalin A. J. Bacteriol. 32:227-237.