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Bauhinia purpurea

SPECIES IMAGE
SOURCECamels's foot tree
LECTINSBPA
MOLECULAR IMAGE
CLASSLegume lectin
NOMENLECp.Bau.Pur.se.Hga1
INDEXPlant lectin / Plant / Seed / Hololectins / Gal/GalNAc-binding lectins
CHARACTERIZATIONSiliar lectins were found in Bauhinia violacea and other Bauhinia species.
BIOACTIVITYBPA agglutinates blood group N. See: Annal NY Acad. Sci. 1970 (169) 168-90 It appears to agglutinates all human erythrocytes. See: Archiv. Biochem. Biophysic. 1972 (151) 475-482 The lectin binds to normal and cancerous thyroid tissue. See: Pathologica; Research and Practice 1994 (190); 105-1011 BPA inhibits Herpes simplex virus and rabies virus in vitro. See: Res. Virol. 1995 (146); 211-215 The lectin is a useful tool for the detection of galactose containing glycoconjugates and is used as a marker for Reed-Sternberg cells of Hodgkin's Disease. See: Amer. J. Pathol. 1992 (141); 19-23 The binding property of a cyst glycoprotein from a human blood group Le(a+) nonsecretor individual, that contains an unusually high amount (18%) of sialic acid was characterized by quantitative precipitin assay with a panel of lectins including BPA, which had a 37% rate of precipitation. See: Biochim Biophys Acta 1996 Jun 7;1316(2):139-44
SOURCE TISSUESeed
SPECIFICITYGalNAc(Gal beta(1,3)GalNAc (T-antigen)>GalNAc>Gal
INHIBITORS
REFERENCESFEBS Lett 1991 Apr 9;281(1-2):258-62
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