title: Interaction of pokeweed mitogen with poly(N-acetyllactosamine)-type carbohydrate chains.
abstract: The carbohydrate-binding specificities of pokeweed mitogen (PWM) were studied by interaction between 125I-PWM and purified glycoproteins. Human erythrocyte-membrane, band-3 glycoprotein bound 125I-PWM, but other glycoproteins containing triple-branched (tri-antennary)-complex-, double-branched (biantennary)-complex-, hybrid-, high-mannose, or small-mucin-type carbohydrate chains failed to bind 125I-PWM. Pretreatment of human erythrocytes with endo-beta-D-galactosidase prevented 125I-PWM binding to the erythrocytes, as well as to band-3 glycoprotein from these cells. Poly(N-acetyllactosamine) glycopeptides and complex-type glycopeptides purified from band-3 glycoprotein and porcine thyroglobulin, respectively, were labeled at their nonreducing, terminal D-galactosyl or 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactosyl groups by D-galactose oxidase-sodium borotritide treatment and examined for interaction with agarose-immobilized PWM isolectins. From the binding behavior of these labeled glycopeptides on columns of immobilized-PWM isolectins, and from the interaction of various glycoproteins bearing known carbohydrate chains with 125I-PWM, it was concluded that all three major PWM isolectins (Pa-1, Pa-2, and Pa-4) bind specifically to poly(N-acetyllactosamine) structures.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001457:Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte / Q000276:immunology; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000276:immunology*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001457:Anion Exchange Protein 1, Erythrocyte; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens; D011134:Polysaccharides; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen; C037199:poly-N-acetyllactosamine