A SIALIC ACID-BINDING LECTIN FROM THE MUSHROOM HERICIUM-ERINACEUM

Authors
KAWAGISHI H MORI H UNO A KIMURA A CHIBA S
Citation
H. Kawagishi et al., A SIALIC ACID-BINDING LECTIN FROM THE MUSHROOM HERICIUM-ERINACEUM, FEBS letters, 340(1-2), 1994, pp. 56-58
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Biophysics,Biology
Journal title
FEBS letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00145793
Volume
340
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
56 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-5793(1994)340:1-2<56:ASALFT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A lectin was isolated from the mushroom Hericium erinaceum. This lecti n is composed of two different subunits of 15 and 16 kDa and the molec ular mass of the intact lectin was estimated to be 54 kDa by gel filtr ation. It exhibits specificity towards sialic acids, especially N-glyc olylneuraminic acid.