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  • Title: Studies on chemical modification of Tulipa gesneriana lectin.
    Author: Oda Y, Ichida S, Aonuma S, Shibahara T.
    Journal: Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo); 1989 Aug; 37(8):2170-3. PubMed ID: 2598318.
    Abstract:
    Modification of lysine, tyrosine, histidine, aspartic acid and glutamic acid residues did not affect the agglutinating activity of the Tulipa gesneriana lectin (TGL). Modification of two arginine residues per subunit in the lectin with either 2,3-butanedione or phenylglyoxal led to an almost complete loss of activity. An inactive lectin modified with 2,3-butanedione recovered a full activity on dialysis against Tris-HCl buffer. The presence of 0.1 M (alpha-1----6) linked mannotriose, a potent inhibitor of the lectin, protected all the arginine residues from modification and the lectin was fully active. Circular dichroism spectroscopy showed that no significant conformational change of TGL occurred following arginine modification. A treatment of the lectin solution with N-bromosuccinimide or 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl bromide, chemical reagents for tryptophan modification, caused turbidity of the solution, accompanied with complete loss of activity. The fluorescence emission spectrum of the lectin showed a characteristic tryptophan emission with a maximum centered at 336 nm. Upon addition of manno-oligosaccharides a decrease of the fluorescence intensity was observed, indicating that the environment of tryptophan residues altered. These results suggest that arginine and tryptophan residues are importantly involved in the sugar binding of TGL.
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