植物凝集素研究进展

植物凝集素广泛分布于植物界,它可以根据不同性质进行分类,按进化及结构相关性可以分为七个家族;豆科凝集素,单子叶植物甘露糖结构凝集素,含橡胶素结构域的几丁质结合凝集素,2型核糖体失活蛋白,葫芦科韧皮部凝集素,木菠萝素相关凝集素和苋科凝集素,在长期的进化过程中,它们形成几种不同的结合模体来识别一些外源多糖,在植物中未发现合适的内源性多糖受体。植物凝集素在生物学研究,农业和医学上有广泛的应用。     

植物外源凝集素及其在植物基因工程中的应用

植物外源凝集素及其基因研究近年来发展迅速 ,尤其是在植物基因工程中 ,植物外源凝集素越来越受到重视。本文介绍了植物外源凝集素的分类、分布、多样性、基本组成与结构、凝集素基因同源性、表达及生物学功能等。重点讨论了凝集素基因在植物基因工程中的应用     

雪花莲外源凝集素基因的克隆及序列分析

外源凝集素(lectin)是自然界中广泛分布的一组蛋白质,在多种生物中均有发现。外源凝集素为一类能特异地识别并可逆结合糖类复合物的糖基部分而不改变被识别糖基的共价结构的非免疫性蛋白。它对植物有很重要的生理作用。例如保护功能,在植物生长的各个阶段以不同的方式保护植物免于害虫的侵害;作为储藏蛋白,在植物发芽和幼苗生长阶段,裂解的外源凝集素为其提供氨基酸;外源凝集素还可能参与细胞间的识别,如在植物建立共生关系中,根部的外源凝集素可能是宿主特异性的重要决定因素。     

植物外源凝集素及其在植物基因工程中的应用

植物外源凝集素及其基因研究所近年来发展迅速,尤其是在植物基因工程中,植物外源凝集素越来越受到重视。本文介绍了植物外源凝集素的分类、分布、多样性、基本组成与结构、凝集素基因同源性、表达及生物学功能等。重点讨论了凝集素基因在植物基因工程中的应用。     

黄瓜苋科凝集素基因的表达分析与逆境调控

凝集素是一类具有特异性糖结合活性的蛋白质,通常具有1个或多个非催化的糖结合结构域。凝集素在植物对病原菌的防御反应中发挥重要作用。由于其抗细菌、真菌、病毒和昆虫等的活性,凝集素在农业和生物医药领域都具有很大的应用潜力。作为最小的凝集素家族之一,苋科凝集素的研究较少。该文通过对重要经济作物黄瓜(Cucumis sativu...     

稻种萌发时各组织中凝集素的分布(初报)

植物种子特别是豆科植物的种子中存在凝集素已为人们所熟知。近几年来的报道,豆科植物种子在萌发过程中植物各组织亦含有凝集素。如大豆的子叶、胚轴、种皮,花生的子叶、下胚轴、茎、叶、根中都可测到凝集素(Pueppke等1978,1979)。植物成长后这些组织中的可溶性凝集素绝大部分消失,但用去垢剂如Triton x-100可从这些成长的组织中抽提出与细胞膜结合的凝集素,这些可能是在植物细胞内、质网膜中合成的凝集素,其性质与种子内的不完全相同(Keegstra和Andrews 1978,Bowles等1979)。它们不仅是种子中的储存成分,而且还可能是植物生长发育的某些环节中起重要作用的成分(Liener 1976,Heslop-Harrison 1978)。     

四季豆种子中两种蛋白质的分离纯化及其性质初步研究

四季豆（ＰｈａｓｅｏｌｕｓｖｕｌｇａｒｉｓＬ．）属于豆科蝶形花亚科野百合属,在我国分布极广,普植于温带地区．虽然四季豆是一种极普通的营养作物,但贮藏过久或煮沸不透常发生中毒．四季豆种子中成分复杂,除了蛋白组分外,还含有多种小分子组分［１］．一般认为,四季豆种子的毒性是这些组分复合作用的结果一直引人关注的则是其中的有毒蛋白．四季豆蛋白中很多是凝集素［２～４］,四季豆凝集素是一种典型的植物血细胞凝集素（Ｐｈｙｔｏｈｅｍａｇｇｌｕｔｉｎｉｎ,ＰＨＡ）,是一种寡糖结合专一性的糖蛋白,具有凝聚血细胞,刺激…     

天花粉中三个同工凝集素的分离纯化及其生物学性质研究

运用阴离子交换层析从亲和纯的天花粉凝集素中分离得到三个同工形式的凝集素,它们都具有结合半乳糖的能力,都能与天花粉凝集素的的因清形成免疫沉淀线,并且其它各方面的性质如疏水结合能力也相仿,对它们生物学性质的检测,发现它们都能杀伤黑色素瘤细胞,但缺乏抑制无细胞蛋白质生物合成的能力,另外,对植物中同工形式凝集素的存在进行了讨论。     

抗蚜基因及其转基因植物的研究进展

在我国目前的环境条件下,蚜虫作为农业害虫和植物病毒的传播者,已经成为严重威胁农业生产发展重要的害虫之一。抗蚜植物基因工程可以有效抑制蚜虫危害,并且随着对生命科学的深入理解和技术手段的日益成熟,得到广泛的关注和重视。抗蚜植物基因工程的核心是抗蚜基因的筛选、转抗蚜基因植物的培育以及生物安全性。本文讨论了多种抗蚜基因,并重点论述雪花莲凝集素和苋菜凝集素基因在目前科学研究和生产实践的应用。     

植物凝集素类受体激酶参与抗病的研究进展

凝集素类受体激酶(Lectin receptor-like kinases,LecRLKs)是类受体激酶(Receptor-like kinases,RLKs)的一个亚族。根据结构域的不同,凝集素类受体激酶可分为L、G和C等3种类型。在植物中,凝集素类受体激酶被报道参与生物/非生物胁迫响应和植物发育调控。近年来,越来越多的研究发现,凝集素类受体激酶参与由细菌、真菌以及食草性昆虫等所引起的植物抗病反应。本文概述了植物凝集素类受体激酶的分类及结构特点,并系统阐述了该类激酶在植物抗病方面的作用,旨在增进对植物凝集素类受体激酶参与抗病功能的了解,并为作物抗病育种提供理论依据。     

Novel structures of plant lectins and their complexes with carbohydrates.

Several novel structures of legume lectins have led to a thorough understanding of monosaccharide and oligosaccharide specificity, to the determination of novel and surprising quaternary structures and, most importantly, to the structural identification of the binding site for adenine and plant hormones. This deepening of our understanding of the structure/function relationships among the legume lectins is paralleled by advances in two other plant lectin families - the monocot lectins and the jacalin family. As the number of available crystal structures increases, more parallels between plant and animal lectins become apparent.     

Leaves of the Lamiaceae species Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy) contain a lectin that is structurally and evolutionary related to the legume lectins

A novel lectin has been isolated and cloned from leaves of Glechoma hederacea (ground ivy), a typical representative of the plant family Lamiaceae. Biochemical analyses indicated that the G. hederacea agglutinin (Gleheda) is a tetrameric protein consisting of four subunits pairwise linked through an interchain disulphide bridge and exhibits a preferential specificity towards N-acetylgalactosamine. Cloning of the corresponding gene and molecular modeling of the deduced sequence demonstrated that Gleheda shares high sequence similarity with the legume lectins and exhibits the same overall fold and three-dimensional structure as the classical legume lectins. The identification of a soluble and active legume lectin ortholog in G. hederacea not only indicates that the yet unclassified Lamiaceae lectins belong to the same lectin family as the legume lectins, but also sheds a new light on the specificity, physiological role and evolution of the classical legume lectins.     

从生物大分子结构特征解析植物凝集素的多样性

利用计算机模拟分析了植物凝集素结构与功能的特征。结果显示：(1)植物凝集素在结合糖之前其结构变化是一致的;(2)植物凝集素存在结构上的多样性,且可能与其生物功能的多样性有关;(3)在结合糖的过程中,植物凝集素表面局部结构的构象会有所变化,这种变化有利于其识别不同的糖而结合不同的外来糖缀合物,发挥其防御功能。对于同一家族的植物凝集素,虽然序列同源性较高,但在功能上却表现出强烈的多样性。分析表明：对于生物大分子而言,欲完成同一功能,不一定结构相同;结构相同,不一定功能一样。     

Accessibility of the high-mannose glycans of glycoprotein gp120 from human immunodeficiency virus type 1 probed by in vitro interaction with mannose-binding lectins

The direct interaction of mannose-specific plant lectins with gp120 of HIV-1 was studied by surface plasmon resonance. Inhibition experiments indicated that exposed high mannose type glycans play a key role in the interaction. Most of the lectins specifically accommodate outer alpha1,2-, alpha1,3-, or alpha1,6-linked di- or trimannosides, and especially legume lectins, also interact with the trimannoside core of the complex type glycans. The unexpected affinity of some lectins towards gp120 presumably results from conformational differences in their binding sites. These results demonstrate that mannose-specific plant lectins are powerful tools to study the accessibility and elucidate the function of the gp120 glycans in the recognition and infection of the host cells by HIV-1.     

A database analysis of jacalin-like lectins: sequence-structure-function relationships

Lectins are known to be important for many biological processes, due to their ability to recognize cell surface carbohydrates with high specificity. Plant lectins have been model systems to study protein-carbohydrate recognition, because individually they exhibit high sensitivity and as a group large diversity in recognizing carbohydrate structures. Although extensive studies have been carried out for legume lectins that have led to interesting insights into the sequence determinants of sugar recognition in them, frameworks with such specific correlations are not available for other plant lectin families. This study reports a large-scale data acquisition and extensive analysis of sequences and structures of beta-prism-I or jacalin-related lectins (JRLs) and shows that hypervariability in the binding site loops generates carbohydrate recognition diversity, a strategy analogous to that in legume lectins. Analyses of the size, conformation, and sequence variability in key regions reveal the existence of a common theme, encoded as a set of structural features over a common scaffold, in defining specificity. This study also points to the remarkable range of domain architectures, often arising out of gene duplication events in lectins of this family. The data analyzed here also indicate a spectacular variety of quaternary associations possible in this family of lectins that have implications for glycan recognition. These results thus provide sequence-structure-function correlations, an understanding of the molecular basis of carbohydrate recognition by beta-prism-I lectins, and also a rationale for engineering specific recognition capabilities in relevant molecules.     

The crystal structure of the Calystegia sepium agglutinin reveals a novel quaternary arrangement of lectin subunits with a beta-prism fold

The high number of quaternary structures observed for lectins highlights the important role of these oligomeric assemblies during carbohydrate recognition events. Although a large diversity in the mode of association of lectin subunits is frequently observed, the oligomeric assemblies of plant lectins display small variations within a single family. The crystal structure of the mannose-binding jacalin-related lectin from Calystegia sepium (Calsepa) has been determined at 1.37-A resolution. Calsepa exhibits the same beta-prism fold as identified previously for other members of the family, but the shape and the hydrophobic character of its carbohydrate-binding site is unlike that of other members, consistent with surface plasmon resonance analysis showing a preference for methylated sugars. Calsepa reveals a novel dimeric assembly markedly dissimilar to those described earlier for Heltuba and jacalin but mimics the canonical 12-stranded beta-sandwich dimer found in legume lectins. The present structure exemplifies the adaptability of the beta-prism building block in the evolution of plant lectins and highlights the biological role of these quaternary structures for carbohydrate recognition.     

Mannose-binding plant lectins: different structural scaffolds for a common sugar-recognition process

Mannose-specific lectins are widely distributed in higher plants and are believed to play a role in recognition of high-mannose type glycans of foreign micro-organisms or plant predators. Structural studies have demonstrated that the mannose-binding specificity of lectins is mediated by distinct structural scaffolds. The mannose/glucose-specific legume (e.g., Con A, pea lectin) exhibit the canonical twelve-stranded beta-sandwich structure. In contrast to legume lectins that interact with both mannose and glucose, the monocot mannose-binding lectins (e.g., the Galanthus nivalis agglutinin or GNA from bulbs) react exclusively with mannose and mannose-containing N-glycans. These lectins possess a beta-prism structure. More recently, an increasing number of mannose-specific lectins structurally related to jacalin (e.g., the lectins from the Jerusalem artichoke, banana or rice), which also exhibit a beta-prism organization, were characterized. Jacalin itself was re-defined as a polyspecific lectin which, in addition to galactose, also interacts with mannose and mannose-containing glycans. Finally the B-chain of the type II RIP of iris, which has the same beta-prism structure as all other members of the ricin-B family, interacts specifically with mannose and galactose. This structural diversity associated with the specific recognition of high-mannose type glycans highlights the importance of mannose-specific lectins as recognition molecules in higher plants.     

Carbohydrate binding, quaternary structure and a novel hydrophobic binding site in two legume lectin oligomers from Dolichos biflorus

The seed lectin (DBL) from the leguminous plant Dolichos biflorus has a unique specificity among the members of the legume lectin family because of its high preference for GalNAc over Gal. In addition, precipitation of blood group A+H substance by DBL is slightly better inhibited by a blood group A trisaccharide (GalNAc(alpha1-3)[Fuc(alpha1-2)]Gal) containing pentasaccharide, and about 40 times better by the Forssman disaccharide (GalNAc(alpha1-3)GalNAc) than by GalNAc. We report the crystal structures of the DBL-blood group A trisaccharide complex and the DBL-Forssman disaccharide complex.A comparison with the binding sites of Gal-binding legume lectins indicates that the low affinity of DBL for Gal is due to the substitution of a conserved aromatic residue by an aliphatic residue (Leu127). Binding studies with a Leu127Phe mutant corroborate these conclusions. DBL has a higher affinity for GalNAc because the N-acetyl group compensates for the loss of aromatic stacking in DBL by making a hydrogen bond with the backbone amide group of Gly103 and a hydrophobic contact with the side-chains of Trp132 and Tyr104.Some legume lectins possess a hydrophobic binding site that binds adenine and adenine-derived plant hormones, i.e. cytokinins. The exact function of this binding site is unknown, but adenine/cytokinin-binding legume lectins might be involved in storage of plant hormones or plant growth regulation. The structures of DBL in complex with adenine and of the dimeric stem and leaf lectin (DB58) from the same plant provide the first structural data on these binding sites. Both oligomers possess an unusual architecture, featuring an alpha-helix sandwiched between two monomers. In both oligomers, this alpha-helix is directly involved in the formation of the hydrophobic binding site. DB58 adopts a novel quaternary structure, related to the quaternary structure of the DBL heterotetramer, and brings the number of know legume lectin dimer types to four.