Branchiostoma lanceolatum |
| SPECIES IMAGE |  |
SOURCE | Cephalochordate |
| LECTINS | |
| MOLECULAR IMAGE |  |
CLASS | |
| NOMEN | LECi.Bra.Lan.xx.Xxxx |
| INDEX | Lectin from invertebrates / / / / |
| CHARACTERIZATION | Haemagglutination inhibition experiments with 17 saccharides and glycoproteins failed to show clear-cut carbohydrate specificity, with only mucin and fetuin having any inhibitory effect, so that the binding may be complex. See: Dev Comp Immunol 1990 Fall;14(4):405-14 |
| BIOACTIVITY | The lectin agglutinates a variety of erythrocytes including human A, B, O red blood cells as well as human lymphocytes. |
| SOURCE TISSUE | |
| SPECIFICITY | |
| INHIBITORS | Hemagglutination activity is inhibited best by N,N',N"-triacetylchitotriose, followed by N,N'-diacetylchitobiose, which is half as inhibitory. |
| REFERENCES | Comp Biochem Physiol B 1991;99(3):699-707 |