Protection of Mucuna pruriens seeds against Echis carinatus venom is exerted through a multiform glycoprotein whose oligosaccharide chains are functional in this role

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 484-490

  Guerranti, Roberto ^a   Aguiyi, John C ^a   Ogueli, Ifeanyi G ^a   Onorati, Gianni ^a   Neri, Stefano ^a   Rosati, Floriana ^b   Buono, Francesca Del ^b   Lampariello, Raffaella ^a   Pagani, Roberto ^a   Marinello, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

2 D gel electrophoresis; Carbohydrate epitopes; Glycoproteins; N linked oligosaccharides; Plant extract; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; ASPARTYLASPARTYLARGINYLGLUTAMYLPROLYLVALYLASPARTYLTHREONINE; CONCANAVALIN A; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MUCUNA PRURIENS EXTRACT; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM; SOYBEAN TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ECHIS CARINATUS; IMMUNOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAKE; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VELVET BEAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUCUNA; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEEDS; VIPER VENOMS;

ECHIS CARINATUS; GLYCINE MAX; MUCUNA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; SERPENTES;

EID: 4544233271     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.08.122     Document Type: Article

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