title: Subunit exchange between lectins from different cereal species.
abstract: Lectins from Triticum monococcum, Secale cereale (rye), and Hordeum vulgare (barley) can exchange their subunits in vitro and thereby form (intergeneric) heteromeric lectins. An analysis of the isolectin pattern of a Triticale variety revealed that intergeneric heterodimers of wheat and rye lectin subunits are normal constituents of the embryo cells. It appears, therefore, that these different cereal lectins are structurally so closely related that their subunits can not distinguish between identical and nonidentical partners when they associate into dimers.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorium voor Plantenbiochemie, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Vaartstraat 24, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Peumans
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Stinissen
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Carlier