title: Purification and some properties of a lectin from the fruit juice of the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum).
abstract: In the tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) plant, the fruit juice was found to be the richest source of agglutinating activity. The lectin responsible could be inhibited by oligomers of N-acetylglucosamine, and this property was exploited to purify the lectin by affinity adsorption on trypsin-treated erythrocytes. The lectin is a glycoprotein that cross-reacts immunologically with the lectin from Datura stramonium (thorn-apple).
mesh_terms: D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D006384:Hemagglutination; D037102:Lectins / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D037121:Plant Lectins; D010944:Plants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins