The amino-acid sequence of a lectin from conger eel, Conger myriaster, skin mucus

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta Vol. 1116; no. 2; pp. 129 - 136
• Main Authors: Muramoto, Koji, Kamiya, Hisao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 22.04.1992; Elsevier
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Amino Acids - analysis; Analytical, structural and metabolic biochemistry; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Conger eel; Cyanogen Bromide; Eels; Endopeptidases; Fish lectin; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Galectins; Glycoproteins; Lectin; Lectins - chemistry; Lectins - isolation & purification; Molecular Sequence Data; Mucous Membrane - chemistry; Peptide Fragments - isolation & purification; Primary structure; Proteins; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Skin - chemistry; Skin mucus; Trypsin; Lectin; Skin mucus; FITC; SDS; Fish lectin; DABS-C1; Amino-acid sequence; Primary structure; Conger eel; PITC; HPLC; TFA; Vertebrata; Pisces; Glycoproteins; Mucus; Skin; Subunit; Secondary structure; Aminoacid sequence
• ISSN: 0304-4165; 0006-3002; 1872-8006
• DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(92)90109-8

The amino-acid sequence of a β-galactoside-binding lectin isolated from the skin mucus of the conger eel Conger myriaster was determined. The lectin (30 kDa) was composed of two identical subunits of 135 amino acid residues with N-acetylserine at the N-terminus and no half-cystinyl residue. It was a 30–34% sequence identical to vertebrate β-galactoside-binding lectin and proved to be a member of the S-type lectin family.