凝集素与离子通道

作为一类广泛存在于生物体内的糖结合蛋白,凝集素对跨膜离子通道活动和神经递质释放的调控已在近年引起注意。凝集素的多种生物效应与其对膜离子通道和受体的作用有关。植物性血凝素等使静息,不分化的淋巴细胞进入增殖状态是膜离子通道活动变化和［Ｃａ＾２＾＋］ｉ升高的结果;伴刀豆素以抑制受体脱敏化等多种方式调制受体对Ｇｌｕ的反应,半夏凝集素促进运动神经末梢递质释放和提高Ｃａ＾２＾＋电流;ＣｏｎＡ改变电突触的耦合强     

人脑凝集素

人脑凝集素是近年从脑中新分离到的一种糖结合蛋白.它可通过盐析和层析的方法加以纯化.现已弄清了这一蛋白的分子结构.其在脑中的分布受生长发育的调节;在不同的发育时期行使其不同的功能.利用免疫学方法可测定其在血及脑脊液中的含量.文中并探讨了它的生理和病理学意义.     

红花菜豆凝集素的糖结合专一性

经肼解、Ｂｉｏ－Ｇｅｌ Ｐ－２柱层析、ＮａＢ＾３Ｈ４和ＮａＢＨ４还原,制备各种来源的、氚标记在还原末端的、还原末端为Ｎ－乙酰氨基葡萄糖醇的混合寡糖,经Ｂｉｏ－Ｇｅｌ Ｐ－４凝胶柱分离,以及用糖苷酶酶解,制备了各种不同类型的氚标记的寡糖。这些寡糖在固定化的ＰＣＬ－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ柱上亲和层析,根据各种类型寡糖在ＰＣＬ－Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ柱上的层析行为,确定红花菜豆（矮生红花变种）凝集素（ＰＣＬ）的     

凝集素和毒素

总的说来,凝集素并不很毒,但是在凝集素和毒素之间却存在一些关系。ＥＢＡ类毒素可以分为两个主要部分。其中一个部分呈现糖结合活性,负责靶向。另一部分则具有不同的酶活性,决定了其毒性。从天花粉中分离得到凝集素分享了ＤＥＡ类毒素（例如蓖麻毒素）的一些特性。还有一些毒素可以在细胞膜上造成孔,形成离子通道。半夏凝集素似乎可归属于这类毒素。从蛇毒中分离得到了一此凝集素,它们和蛇毒中的其它一些成员在氨基酸序列上有     

半乳凝集素-3与肿瘤形成和转移的关系研究进展

半乳凝集素-3是β-半乳糖苷凝集素家族的蛋白,广泛分布于各种正常组织和肿瘤组织,在不同的生理及病理条件下发挥着多种生物功能。目前有关半乳凝集素-3与肿瘤细胞的黏附、增殖、血管生成、肿瘤组织的发展及转移的研究取得了较大的进展,并成为疾病诊治特别是癌症治疗的很有前景的靶标。简要综述了半乳凝集素-3与癌症相关性的研究进展。     

半夏凝集素的糖结合活性研究

半夏凝集素可与甘露聚糖结合。本文以ＰＴＬ与＾１２５Ｉ标记的甘露聚糖的结合活性为指标,观察了一些金属离子对ＰＴＬ的糖结合活性的影响,并对ＰＴＬ的糖结合专一性作了较系统的研究。结果表明常见的金属离子或ＥＤＴＡ对其糖结合活性无显著影响,但Ｋ＾＋可明显增加ＰＴＬ的糖结合活性。大多数单糖,二糖不抑制ＰＴＬ与甘露聚糖的结合,但一些疏水配基形成的糖苷可产生显著的抑制效应。ＰＴＬ专一与高甘露糖型糖链结合。     

凝集素碎片的糖结合活性

用固相合成法分别合成了羊蹄甲、小扁豆和欧洲百脉根３种植物凝集素中的某些糖结合活性部位的肽段。用毛细管电泳法观察到这些肽段和拟糖蛋白以及寡糖之间有一定的结合能力,而且表现出相对的专一性。     

竹叶青蛇毒凝集素的糖结合性质

本文利用竹叶青蛇毒凝集素和去唾流酸的ａ１－酸性糖蛋白之间相互作用的研究系统,对ＴＳＬ的糖结合条件及结合性质作了更为全面深入的研究。研究结果表明,在ｐＨ５－１０的范围内,ＴＳＬ的糖结合活性基本不变,具有较广泛的ＰＨ适应性;ＴＳＬ的温度适应范围较窄,５０℃保温２小时活性便基本更新换代。在简单糖类中,半乳糖是最强的糖结合活性抑制剂。就吡喃型已糖而言,以Ｃ－３和Ｃ－４位置上的取代基的取向最为重要,特别是Ｃ     

Dynamics of galectin-3 in the nucleus and cytoplasm

This review summarizes selected studies on galectin-3 (Gal3) as an example of the dynamic behavior of a carbohydrate-binding protein in the cytoplasm and nucleus of cells. Within the 15-member galectin family of proteins, Gal3 (M_r ∼ 30,000) is the sole representative of the chimera subclass in which a proline- and glycine-rich NH₂-terminal domain is fused onto a COOH-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain responsible for binding galactose-containing glycoconjugates. The protein shuttles between the cytoplasm and nucleus on the basis of targeting signals that are recognized by importin(s) for nuclear localization and exportin-1 (CRM1) for nuclear export. Depending on the cell type, specific experimental conditions in vitro, or tissue location, Gal3 has been reported to be exclusively cytoplasmic, predominantly nuclear, or distributed between the two compartments. The nuclear versus cytoplasmic distribution of the protein must reflect, then, some balance between nuclear import and export, as well as mechanisms of cytoplasmic anchorage or binding to a nuclear component. Indeed, a number of ligands have been reported for Gal3 in the cytoplasm and in the nucleus. Most of the ligands appear to bind Gal3, however, through protein–protein interactions rather than through protein–carbohydrate recognition. In the cytoplasm, for example, Gal3 interacts with the apoptosis repressor Bcl-2 and this interaction may be involved in Gal3's anti-apoptotic activity. In the nucleus, Gal3 is a required pre-mRNA splicing factor; the protein is incorporated into spliceosomes via its association with the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) complex. Although the majority of these interactions occur via the carbohydrate recognition domain of Gal3 and saccharide ligands such as lactose can perturb some of these interactions, the significance of the protein's carbohydrate-binding activity, per se, remains a challenge for future investigations.     

A monosaccharide-modified peptide phage library for screening of ligands to carbohydrate-binding proteins

A monosaccharide-modified β-loop peptide library displayed on phage has been constructed and used for the screening of glycopeptide ligands against a carbohydrate-binding protein. The β-loop peptide library was designed and modified with a mannose derivative on phage. The glycopeptide ligands to concanavalin A (ConA), a mannose-binding protein, were obtained from the mannose-modified peptide phage library. The amino acids neighboring the mannose unit of glycopeptides not only reinforced the binding affinity but also gave diverse binding characteristics.     

Compartmentation of albumin and globulin storage proteins in protein deposits of pea embryo axis cells

Summary Compartmentation of storage proteins within vacuolar protein deposits in embryonic axis cells of developing pea seed is demonstrated by immunogold labeling. By this method, a sulfur-rich albumin (PA 1) is restricted to the peripheral layer of the deposits and appears to separate the globulin-rich (vicilin) central region from the presumed aqueous phase of the vacuole.     

Periodate-acid treatment of sections permits on-grid immunogold localization of pea seed vicilin in ER and Golgi

Summary The legume seed reserve protein vicilin has been localized in developing pea cotyledons by immunogold labelling on sections of glutaraldehyde-osmium-fixed, resin-embedded tissue. By treating sections with periodate and acid before antibody labelling, a 20-fold increase in specific antibody binding was observed. The densest label occurred over vacuolar contents, previously identified as the site of protein storage, and over electron-dense cisternae occasionally seen to be continuous with the vacuolar contents. Vicilin was also associated with the rough endoplasmic reticulum, the implied site of synthesis, and in electron-dense Golgi vesicles which, we suggest, are a vehicle by which newly synthesized protein is relocated into the vacuole.     

Golgi-mediated vicilin accumulation in pea cotyledon cells is re-directed by monensin and nigericin

Summary A range of drugs was applied to developing pea seed cotyledons in an attempt to perturb the intracellular transport of newly synthesized vicilin through the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi vesicles to its site of storage, the vacuole. The most pronounced effects, produced by the ionophores monensin and nigericin, were on Golgi-mediated transport. Unlike the situation in most other tissues that have been studied the number of Golgi vesicles did not increase, suggesting that their movement is not slowed or stopped. However, the Golgi-mediated transport of vicilin was redirected from the vacuole tonoplast to the plasmalemma and the newly synthesized vicilin was released from the cotyledon cells to accumulate between the plasmalemma and the cell wall.     

A fungal lectin and its apparent receptors on a nematode surface

Abstract A lectin was isolated from the nematode-trapping fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora . This carbohydrate-binding protein was developmentally regulated and was found only on trap-bearing mycelia. The lectin receptor on the surface of the nematode Panagrellus redivivus has, furthermore, been investigated using homogenates from whole nematodes or nematode cuticle. The ability of macromolecules from nematodes, fractionated according to M _r and lectin affinities, to inhibit the capture of nematodes by A. oligospora was tested using an inhibition assay, based on a simple dialysis membrane technique. One major lectin-binding glycoprotein, with apparent M _r of 65 000, was isolated from the nematode cuticle.     

Endophytic Bosea spartocytisi sp. nov. Coexists with rhizobia in root nodules of Spartocytisus supranubius growing in soils of Teide National Park (Canary Islands)

Two rod-shaped Gram negative strains, SSUT16^T and SSUT22, were isolated from root nodules of Spartocytisus supranubius in soils of the Teide National Park (Tenerife, Spain). The 16S rRNA gene sequences of these two novel strains classified them within genus Bosea with similarity values ranging from 97.65 % to 99.54 % with respect to the other species of this genus. The MLSA analysis from a concatenation of the two housekeeping- genes, recA and gyrB, showed that Bosea thiooxidans LMG 26210^T and B. robiniae LMG 26381^T are the two closest relative species with which they share similarity sequences values of 94.42 % and 94.27 %, respectively. The genome sequence analysis of strain SSUT16^T showed average nucleotide identity percentages (ANIb) and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) below 84 % and 33 %, respectively, with the type strains of all sequenced species of genus Bosea. These values are much lower than the currently accepted cut-off values for these two parameters to delineate bacterial species, confirming that the novel strains constitute a novel Bosea species. In addition, they are also distinguished from the other closest species in their fatty acid composition and in other phenotypic characteristics. Genome sequence analysis showed the absence of the common nodulation and nitrogen fixation genes in the novel strains. Therefore, based on the results of phylogenetic, genomic, chemotaxonomic and phenotypic characterization, we propose a new species named Bosea spartocytisi sp. nov., with type strain SSUT16^T (=LMG 32510^T = CECT 30526^T = HAMBI 3759^T).     

Purification, physicochemical characterization, saccharide specificity, and chemical modification of a Gal/GalNAc specific lectin from the seeds of Trichosanthes dioica

A new galactose-specific lectin has been purified from the extracts of Trichosanthes dioica seeds by affinity chromatography on cross-linked guar gum. The purified lectin (T. dioica seed lectin, TDSL) moved as a single symmetrical peak on gel filtration on Superose-12 in the presence of 0.1 M lactose with an M(r) of 55 kDa. In the absence of ligand, the movement was retarded, indicating a possible interaction of the lectin with the column matrix. In SDS-PAGE, in the presence of beta-mercaptoethanol, two non-identical bands of M(r) 24 and 37 kDa were observed, whereas in the absence of beta-mercaptoethanol, the lectin yielded a single band corresponding to approximately 55,000 Da, indicating that the two subunits of TDSL are connected by one or more disulfide bridges. TDSL is a glycoprotein with about 4.9% covalently bound neutral sugar. Analysis of near-UV CD spectrum by three different methods (CDSSTR, CONTINLL, and SELCON3) shows that TDSL contains 13.3% alpha-helix, 36.7% beta-sheet, 19.4% beta-turns, and 31.6% unordered structure. Among a battery of sugars investigated, TDSL was inhibited strongly by beta-d-galactopyranosides, with 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-d-galactopyranoside being the best ligand. Chemical modification studies indicate that tyrosine residues are important for the carbohydrate-binding and hemagglutinating activities of the lectin. A partial protection was observed when the tyrosine modification was performed in the presence of 0.2 M lactose. The tryptophan residues of TDSL appear to be buried in the protein interior as they could not be modified under native conditions, whereas upon denaturation with 8 M urea two Trp residues could be selectively modified by N-bromosuccinimide. The subunit composition and size, secondary structure, and sugar specificity of this lectin are similar to those of type-2 ribosome inactivating proteins, suggesting that TDSL may belong to this protein family.