Lens culinaris

E. Arce, P. M. Nieto, V. Diaz, R. Garcia Castro, A. Bemad, and J. Rojo, Glycodendritic structures based on Boltom hyperbranched polymers and their interactions with Lens culinaris lectin, Bioconjug. Chem., 14 (2003) 817-823. 

Fernandez-Aparicio M, Sillero JC, Perez-de-Luque A, Rubiales D (2007) Identification of sources of resistance to crenate broomrape (Orobanche crenata) in Spanish lentil (Lens culinaris) germplasm. Weed Res 48 85-94... 

Sulser, H., and Sager, F. (1976). Identification of uncommon amino acids in the lentil seed (Lens culinaris Med.). Experientia 32, 422-423. 

Seed-specific Fabales Lentil Lens culinaris Len c 2... 

Trypsin/chymotrypsin Bowman-Birk inhibitor from Lens culinaris L. culinaris... 

Figure 10.6 shows fluorescence emission spectra of lens culinaris agglutinin (LCA) (a) (Lmax = 330 nm), of inaccessible Trp residues (b) (A.max = 324 nm) obtained by extrapolating to [I-] = oo, and of quenched Trp residues (c) obtained by subtracting spectrum (b) from spectrum (a). The emission maximum of accessible Trp residues is located at 345 nm, a characteristic of emission from Trp residues near the protein surface. Thus, both classes of Trp residues contribute to the fluorescence spectrum of LCA (Albani 1996). The presence of five Trp residues makes the analysis by the modified Stern-Volmer equation very approximate nevertheless, a selective quenching method allows the percentage of accessible fluorophores to the quencher to be determined. 

Albani, J.R. (1996). Dynamics of Lens culinaris agglutinin studied by red-edge excitation spectra and anisotropy measurements of 2-p-loluidinylnaphlhalcnc-6-sulfonale (TNS) and of tryptophan residues. Journal of Fluorescence, 6, 199-208. 

Lens culinaris Agglutinin Dynamics and Binding Studies... 

Albani, J.R., Debray, H., Vincent, M. and Gallay, J. (1997). Role of the carbohydrate moiety and of the alpha 1-fucose in the stabilization and the dynamics of the Lens culinaris agglutinin-glycoprotein complex. A fluorescence study. Journal of Fluorescence, 7, 293-298. 

Cicer ariethmm (chickpea), Glycine max (soya bean), Lens culinaris (lentil), Phaseolus vulgaris (bean) (Fabaceae)... 

Hemagglutinating activity in the common lentil (Lens culinaris or Lens esculenta) was first reported by Landsteiner and Raubitschek.439 Several laboratories have since isolated the lentil lectin in pure form, and studied its physical-chemical properties and interaction with carbohydrates.138,142,143,440 442... 

A comparative study of the hemagglutinating activities of the pea (Pisum sativum), the lentil (Lens culinaris), and the jack-bean (Canavalia ensiformis) lectins towards the erythrocytes of fourteen different species showed446 that the pea and lentil lectins were, in all instances, more active than con A. Of great interest was the finding that, among these three lectins, con A alone was completely inactive against human erythrocytes (blood group, unspecified).446... 

Fig. 15.—Human IgA, Glycopeptide871 Showing the Carbohydrate-binding Loci for Various Lectins, [a. Limulus polyphemus b, Triticum vulgaris c, Ricinus communis d, Sophora japonica e, Abrus precatorius f, Cytisus sessilifolius g, Phaseolus vulgaris-, h, Canavalia ensiformis i, Lens culinaris j, Pisum sativus k, Vicia faba-, 1, Bandeiraea simplicifolia II m, Solanum tuberosum and n, Ulex europeus II.]...

Lens culinaris nonspecific 138,142 a-D-Manp > a-D-Glcp, a-D-GlcNAcp 109,123,138, 143,213... 

Bellelli, A., Brunori, M., Finazzi-Agro, A., Floris, G., Giartosi, A., and Rinaldi, A., 1985, Transient kinetics of copper-containing lentil Lens culinari) seedling amine oxidase, Biochem. J. 232 9239926. 

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