Lectin genes from the legume Medicago truncatula.
We report the cloning and characterization of two lectin genes from Medicago truncatula, designated Mtlec1 and Mtlec2. The two genes show a high degree of homology and apparently belong to a small multigene family. Mtlec1 appears to encode a functional lectin with 277 amino acids, whereas Mtlec2 is probably non-functional, since a frameshift mutation (insertion of two nucleotides) leads to premature translation termination after only 98 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence of the polypeptide MtLEC1 suggests that this lectin is a metalloprotein with Glc/Man specificity.
Bauchrowitz
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Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire des Relations Plantes-Microorganismes, CNRS-INRA, Castanet-Tolosan, France.
Barker
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Nadaud
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Rougé
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Lescure
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D037102:Lectins / Q000235:genetics*; D000455:Medicago sativa / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D037121:Plant Lectins; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins