Abstract

Soybean (Glycine max) and jackbean (CanavaZia en&for&) are species of legumes that are characterised by large quantities of water-soluble seed lectins [ 11. The major lectin of soybean, soybean agglutinin (SBA) is a glycoprotein with a sugar specificity related to D-galactose. In jackbean, the major lectin, concanavalin A (con A) is a protein with a sugar specificity related to D-mannose. Immunological techniques and peptide sequencing data has demonstrated that seed lectins represent a highly conserved family of proteins in the plant kingdom [2-41. As a way into studying the function of these lectins, we have investigated the nature of the glycoconjugates in the storage tissue of the seeds that the endogenous lectins can recognise.

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