title: Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of MIL, a glycosylated jacalin-related lectin from mulberry (Morus indica) latex.
abstract: A quantitatively major protein has been purified from the latex of Morus indica. The purified previously uncharacterized protein, M. indica lectin (MIL), was further shown to be a glycosylated tetramer and belongs to the family of jacalin-related lectins. Crystallization of MIL was also accomplished and the tetragonal crystals diffracted synchrotron X-rays to a resolution of 2.8 Å.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
authors.forename: Ashok K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Vijay K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bergmann
authors.forename: Medicherla V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Jagannadham
authors.forename: Petri
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kursula
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006031:Glycosylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D031625:Morus / Q000737:chemistry*; D037121:Plant Lectins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D037121:Plant Lectins; C043696:jacalin