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Saxidomus purpuratus

SPECIES IMAGE
SOURCEShellfish
LECTINS
MOLECULAR IMAGE
CLASS
NOMENLECi.Sax.Pur.xx.Xxxx
INDEXLectin from invertebrates / / / /
CHARACTERIZATIONThe two lectins (SPA-I and -III) differed slightly in amino acid composition and were glycoproteins containing 2.1 and 3.8 mol of GlcNAc per 40,000 g of the lectin, respectively.
BIOACTIVITY
SOURCE TISSUE
SPECIFICITY
INHIBITORSThe binding constant of SPA-I or SPA-III for methyl N-acetyl-a-D-glucosamide, the strongest inhibitor of hemagglutination in this experiment, was estimated to be 1.3 X 10(3) or 4. 2 X 10(4) M-1, respectively, by the UV difference spectroscopy method.
REFERENCESJ Biochem (Tokyo) 1982 Apr;91(4):1139-46
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