Possible role of lectins in mycoparasitism.
Lectin activity in a host-mycoparasite relationship was demonstrated with Rhizoctonia solani and Trichoderma harzianum. Attachment of O but not A and B erythrocytes to hyphae occurred on R. solani but not on its mycoparasite. This phenomenon, which was Ca2+ and Mn2+ dependent, was prevented by galactose, present in T. harzianum cell walls, and by fucose.
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000032:analysis; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D005690:Galactose / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D006384:Hemagglutination; D037102:Lectins; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000502:physiology*; D012232:Rhizoctonia / Q000502:physiology*; D014242:Trichoderma / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D037102:Lectins; D003513:Cycloheximide; D005690:Galactose