Ovodova R G, Glazkova V E, Mikheyskaya L V, Molchanova V I, Isakov V V, Ovodov Y S, Fernandez Molina L E
Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok.
Carbohydr Res. 1992 Jan;223:221-6. doi: 10.1016/0008-6215(92)80018-v.
Mytilan, isolated from the mantle of the mussel Crenomytilus grayanus and which possesses high immunomodulating activity, is a non-covalently linked complex of a polysaccharide (95%) and protein (5%) with lectin activities. Chromatography of mytilan on agarose separated the polysaccharide and protein constituents. The protein appeared to have the lectin properties. Methylation analysis, Smith degradation, digestion with alpha-amylase, and 13C-n.m.r. spectroscopy showed the polysaccharide to be a glycogen-like alpha-D-glucan.
