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A lectin from the liverwortMarchantia polymorpha L

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Bryophytes have been screened for lectins. From the liverwortMarchantia polymorpha (Marchiantiales) a lectin could be purified to homogeneity using a combination of ultrafiltration, size exclusion chromatography and ion exchange chromatography. SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, size exclusion chromatography and electrospray mass spectroscopy showed that the lectin is a monomeric protein with a Mr of 16,134.64 ± 2.93.Marchantia polymorpha lectin agglutinates erythrocytes of different mammalia and exhibits carbohydrate specifity against complex carbohydrate structures. This is the first report of a lectin isolated from liverworts.

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This article forms Publication No. 71 of the ‘Arbeitskreis Biologie und Chemie der Moose’.

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Adam, K.P., Becker, H. A lectin from the liverwortMarchantia polymorpha L. Experientia 49, 1098–1100 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01929921

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