Triticum vulgaris lectin

Pretreatment by Triticum vulgaris Lectin (TVL) Protects Rat EDL Muscle from Paralysis Eollowing Local Injection of BoNT/A... 

Bakry, N., Kamata, Y. and Simpson, L.L., Lectins from Triticum vulgaris and Umax flavus are universal antagonists of botulinum neurotoxin and tetanus toxin, J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther., 258, 830-836, 1991. 

Circular dichroism (CD) has been utilized to investigate the effect of saccharides on the conformation of lectins in solution. CD has demonstrated saccharide-induced conformational changes in the lectins from Canavalia ensiformis (7), Dolichos biflorus (8), Ricinus communis (9), and Triticum vulgaris (10). The present study uses circular dichroism to assess the secondary structure of SBA and to measure conformational transitions induced by the saccharides which bind to this lectin. These and previous studies will contribute to a clearer understanding of the unique properties of these sugar-binding proteins. 

Triticum lectin Triticum vulgaris (GlcNAc)->, NeuNAc,... 

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.]...

Two lectins, one isolated from the horseshoe crab, Limulus poly-phemus (Pardoe and Uhlenbruck, 1970 Marchalonis and Edelman, 1968), and the other from wheat germ, Triticum vulgaris (Greenaway and LeVine, 1973 Bhavanandan and Davidson, 1975 Matsumoto and Codington, unpublished results), may attach at the cell periphery to receptor sites that include terminal glycoprotein-bound sialic acid units. The horseshoe crab lectin, purified and characterized by Marchalonis and Edelman (1968), was found by Pardoe and Uhlenbruck (1970) to be specific for terminal sialic acid residues. 

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