A new lectin from Crotalaria incana seeds and studies of toxicity in Artemia salina nauplii
Antônio Mateus Gomes Pereira,
Maria Gleiciane de Queiroz Martins,
Messias Vital de Oliveira
et al.
Abstract:Lectins are proteins that recognize and bind to carbohydrates in a reversible and specific manner. In this work, a lectin from Crotalaria incana L. seeds was purified by Sephadex G-50 affinity chromatography. The purified lectin was named CiL and presented affinity towards D-mannose, D-glucose, D-galactose, α-methyl-D-mannoside and derivatives. CiL was stable over a wide range of temperatures and pH values, and it was divalent cation-dependent. SDS-PAGE analysis indicated that CiL is composed of two subunits w… Show more
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