Distribution of lectins in membranes of soybean and peanut plants

✍ Scribed by Dianna J. Bowles; Halina Lis; Nathan Sharon

• Book ID: 104750906
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 514 KB
• Volume: 145
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0032-0935
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00388717

✦ Synopsis

The distribution of lectin activity in soybean and peanut plants has been investigated. In both plants activity is found in all tissues examined (roots, shoots and leaves) at all stages of development from seedling to maturity (7 weeks). The cellular location of the lectins differs between soybean and peanut: in soybean the lectins are generally membrane-associated, whereas in peanut plants lectin activity is present also in the soluble cytoplasmic fraction. The membrane-associated lectins appear to differ from the seed lectins of the respective plants. The function of membrane-associated lectins is discussed.