Role of Lectins in Plant-Microorganism Interactions
Authors:
- Wolfgang D. BauerWBWolfgang D. Bauer
- Kenneth KeegstraKKKenneth Keegstra
- Ardene L. FergusonAFArdene L. Ferguson
Open Access
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 61 (5) , 779-784
Abstract
Three different assay procedures have been used to quantitate the levels of soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) lectin in various tissues of soybean plants. The assays used were a standard hemagglutination assay, a radioimmunoassay, and an isotope dilution assay. Most of the lectin in seeds was found in the cotyledons, but lectin was also detected in the embryo axis and the seed coat. Soybean lectin was present in all of the tissues of young seedlings, but decreased as the plants matured and was not detectable in plants older than 2 to 3 weeks. Soybean lectin isolated from seeds of several soybean varieties were identical when compared by several methods.Keywords
This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
- Host-symbiont interactions.I. The lectins of legumes interact with the O-antigen-containing lipopolysaccharides of their symbiont RhizobiaBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 1976
- Cross-reactive antigens and lectin as determinants of symbiotic specificity in the Rhizobium-clover association.1975
- [Evolution of phytohemagglutinins from different parts of the seed in pea seedlings].1975
- Labeling of soybean agglutinin by oxidation with sodium periodate followed by reduction with sodium [3-H]borohydride.Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1975
- The Biochemistry of Plant Lectins (Phytohemagglutinins)Annual Review of Biochemistry, 1973
- Studies on the appearance and location of hemagglutinins from a common lentil during the life cycle of the plantArchives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1972
- Quantitation of N-acetyl-d-galactosamine-like sites on the surface membrane of normal and transformed mammalian cellsBiochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, 1971
- Cleavage of Structural Proteins during the Assembly of the Head of Bacteriophage T4Nature, 1970
- Immunochemistry of O and R antigens of Salmonella and related Enterobacteriaceae.1966
- PROTEIN MEASUREMENT WITH THE FOLIN PHENOL REAGENTJournal of Biological Chemistry, 1951