title: Purification and characterization of a galactose-binding lectin from the skin mucus of the conger eel Conger myriaster.
abstract: 1. A galactose-binding lectin was purified from the skin mucus of the conger eel Conger myriaster by affinity chromatography and HPLC. 2. The lectin was a simple protein having the same two subunits with a mol. wt of 12,500 and a N-terminal amino acid of phenylalanine. 3. Electrofocusing suggested that the purified lectin was composed of several isolectins. 4. From the ultraviolet difference spectra attributable to tryptophanyl residues in the binding site, the binding constant of the lectin for D-galactose was estimated to be 5.3 x 10(3)/M.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiomi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004524:Eels / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism; D037161:Galectins; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009093:Mucus / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D037161:Galectins; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D005690:Galactose