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ACTA BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA SINICA
Volume 44, Issue 7, Pages 606-613Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gms037
Keywords
lectin; Sophora alopecuroides; antifungal activity; antiproliferative activity
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- Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region [2010211A01]
- Xinjiang Education Department [XJEDU2008I01]
- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering [XJDX0201-2010-06]
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Sophora alopecuroides lectin (SAL), a novel lectin from the seeds of Sophora alopecuroides, was purified by ion-exchange chromatography on diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)- and carboxymethyl (CM)-Sepharose columns, followed by gel filtration on a Sephadex 75 10/300 GL column. SAL was found to be a monomer of 39916.3 Da, as determined by tricine-sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The N-terminal 10-amino acid sequence of SAL, KPWALSFSFG, resembles those of other legume lectins. SAL exhibits hemagglutinating activity against rabbit erythrocytes at 11.9 g/ml. Its hemagglutinating activity is stable in the pH range 711 and in the temperature range 3090C, and is stimulated by Mn-2. The hemagglutinating activity of SAL is most potently inhibited by 50-mM d-galactose. SAL suppresses mycelial growth in Penicillium digitatum and Alternaria alternata; the IC50 of the antifungal activity toward P. digitatum and A. alternata were found to be 3.125 and 3.338 M, respectively. SAL suppresses the proliferation of human cervical cancer cells (HeLa) at an IC50 of 6.25 M (P 0.05). But it has no inhibiting effect on bacteria. This is the first report of a lectin from seeds of S. alopecuroides.
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