Abstract
A novel lectin was isolated from mycelia of the basidiomycete Pleurotus cornucopiae grown on solid medium. The lectin was purified to homogeneity by mucin-Sepharose affinity chromatography. The molecular mass of the lectin was 40 kDa under reducing conditions, but the subunits were polymerized through disulfide bridges under physiological conditions. Hemagglutinating activity of this lectin was completely inhibited by 2-mercaptoethanol, indicating that the multimer is active. The activity was also inhibited by EDTA, and restored by CaCl2. N-Acetyl-D-galactosamine was the most potent hapten inhibitor. N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis revealed that the mycelial lectin was different from the fruit body lectin of this organism. The mycelial lectin appeared prior to fruit body formation and disappeared during the formation of fruit bodies. The lectin was localized on the surface of solid-medium-grown mycelia, and only dikaryotic, and not monokaryotic, mycelia produced the lectin. These results suggest that the appearance of this lectin is associated with fruit body formation.
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