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  • Title: A barley lectin that binds free amino sugars. I. Purification and characterization.
    Author: Partridge J, Shannon L, Gumpf D.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1976 Dec 21; 451(2):470-83. PubMed ID: 826269.
    Abstract:
    A lectin was isolated from barley seen which bound the coat glycoprotein of barley stripe mosaic virus (Type strain) and precipitated the virus from solution. Purification of the barley lectin was achieved by fractionation with ammonium sulfate and successive column chromatography on DEAE cellulose and cellulose phosphate. The barley lectin was homogeneous as ascertained by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, and from immunochemical tests. No isolectins were detected. The lectin has a molecular weight of 31 000 daltons and is not a glycoprotein. Each virion can accomodate between 200 to 300 molecules of lectin. Barley lectin was shown to be specific for D-glucosamine, D-galactosamine and D-mannosamine with little distinction among the epimeric configurations at carbons 2 and 4. Free amino groups of D-glucosamine and D-galactosamine were detected on the coat glycoprotein of Type strain barley stripe mosaic virus and these sugars appear to serve as receptors for the barley lectin.
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