title: Purification and characterization of a lectin from the beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma.
abstract: A lectin was purified from the hemolymph of Allomyrina dichotoma larvae by affinity chromatography on acid-treated Sepharose 4B. The purified lectin showed two protein bands on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. These two lectin bands (allo A-I and -II) were separated by DEAE-Cellulofine column chromatography. By gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, the molecular weights of allo A-I and -II were estimated to be 65,000 and 66,500, respectively. On the other hand, by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after cross-linking of subunits with glutaraldehyde, they are estimated to be 38,000 and 39,000, respectively. On SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, it was proved that both allo A-I and -II lectin consisted of two subunits, respectively. The molecular weights were 17,500 and 20,000 for allo A-I, and 19,000 and 20,000 for allo A-II. The isoelectric points of allo A-I and -II were estimated to be 6.4 and 5.9, respectively. On double immunodiffusion, allo A-I and -II gave single precipitin lines, which fused completely with each other, against the antibody to crude allo A. The hemagglutinating activity of allo A-I and -II was inhibited only by beta-linked D-galactose such as lactose and lactulose.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000032:analysis*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000032:analysis; D007120:Immunochemistry; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D037102:Lectins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008970:Molecular Weight
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins