Kundua, Manikuntala ; Basu, Joyoti ; Chakrabarti, Parul (1989) Purification and characterization of an extracellular lectin from Mycobacterium smegmatis FEBS Letters, 256 (1-2). pp. 207-210. ISSN 0014-5793
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Abstract
Mycobacteria exist naturally in aggregated form and pathogenic strains colonize macrophages. A lectin has been isolated from the culture broth of M. smegmatis, which may, possibly, have an important role in either or both of these phenomena. The lectin of Mr, 12000-14000 agglutinates erythrocytes from different species, and agglutination is reversed by arabinogalactan isolated from mycobacteria, as well as by yeast mannan. It has a pI of 5.5 and is rich in aspartic and glutamic acid residues.
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| Keywords: | Lectin; Extracelllular; Arabinogalactan; Mannan; (Mycobacterium smegmatis) |
| ID Code: | 1684 |
| Deposited On: | 05 Oct 2010 09:52 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2016 12:46 |
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