The amino acid sequence of the agglutinin isolated from the red marine alga Bryothamnion triquetrum defines a novel lectin structure

Citation
Jj. Calvete et al., The amino acid sequence of the agglutinin isolated from the red marine alga Bryothamnion triquetrum defines a novel lectin structure, CELL MOL L, 57(2), 2000, pp. 343-350
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Cell & Developmental Biology
Journal title
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
ISSN journal
1420682X → ACNP
Volume
57
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
343 - 350
Database
ISI
SICI code
1420-682X(200002)57:2<343:TAASOT>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The primary structure of a lectin isolated from the red alga Bryothamnion t riquetrum? was established by combination of Edman degradation of sets of o verlapping peptides and mass spectrometry. It contains 91 amino acids and t wo disulphide bonds. The primary structure of the B. triquetrum lectin does not show amino acid sequence similarity with known plant and animal lectin structures. Hence, this protein may be the paradigm of a novel lectin fami ly.