ISSN:
1573-5028
Keywords:
lectin
;
legume
;
pea
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract We report the predicted sequence of four vegetative homologues (Blec1,2,3 and 4) of the pea seed lectin. This study indicates that, in contrast to the single-copy pea seed lectin (Kaminski et al., Plant Mol Biol 9: 497–507, 1987), the pea vegetative lectin is transcribed by at least four members of a highly conserved multigene family whose members are only distantly related to the pea seed lectin at the primary amino-acid sequence level. For example, Blec1 shares only 38% amino-acid identity with the pea seed lectin. However, molecular homology modelling predicts that Blec1 probably forms a similar tertiary structure to the pea seed lectin.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00019200
