title: Observation of unique cross-linked lattices between multiantennary carbohydrates and soybean lectin. Presence of pseudo-2-fold axes of symmetry in complex type carbohydrates.
abstract: The tetrameric lectin from Glycine max (soybean) (SBA) has been shown to cross-link and precipitate with N-linked multiantennary complex type oligosaccharides containing nonreducing terminal Gal residues (Bhattacharyya, L., Haraldsson, M., & Brewer, C. F. (1988) Biochemistry 27, 1034-1041). In the present study, negative stain electron micrographs of the precipitates of SBA with a series of naturally occurring and synthetic multiantennary carbohydrates with terminal Gal or GalNAc residues show the presence of highly ordered cross-linked lattices for many of the complexes. The precipitates of SBA with a "bisected" and "nonbisected" N-linked biantennary complex type oligosaccharide containing Gal residues at the nonreducing termini show similar two-dimensional patterns. However, the pattern observed for the precipitates of a tetraantennary complex type oligosaccharide with SBA is distinct from those of the two biantennary carbohydrates. Furthermore, the precipitates formed between the lectin and a synthetic O-linked biantennary ("cluster") glycoside with terminal GalNAc residues show a pattern that is different from those above. Four biantennary pentasaccharide analogs of the blood group I antigen containing beta-LacNAc moieties at the 2.3-, 2.4-, 2.6-, and 3.6-positions of the core Gal also showed ordered patterns in their precipitates with SBA. X-ray crystallographic data and mixed quantitative precipitation profiles of binary mixtures of the four analogs demonstrate that each analog possesses a unique cross-linked lattice with the protein.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bhattacharyya
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fant
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Macaluso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sabesan
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Brewer
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D037121:Plant Lectins; D030262:Soybean Proteins; D013025:Glycine max; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; D030262:Soybean Proteins; C028824:soybean lectin; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins