Laboratorium voor Plantenbiochemie, Katholieke Universiteit, Kardinaal Mercierlaan 92, B-3030, Leuven (Heverrlee), Belgium.
Planta. 1983 Oct;159(2):105-11. doi: 10.1007/BF00392979.
A survey of the occurrence of lectins in seeds from more than 100 grass species showed that all species belonging to the Triticeae tribe and the genera Brachypodium and Oryza contain lectins. All these lectins have the same sugar-binding specificity and are related to wheat-germ agglutinin, but to different degrees. Lectins from Triticeae species are immunologically indistinguishable from wheat lectin, whereas Brachypodium and rice lectins are only immunologically related to the wheat lectin. Attempts to detect lectin-deficient lines or varieties in wild and cultivated species of the three lectin-containing groups were unsuccessful. The possible use of lectins as a chemotaxonomic tool is discussed.
对来自 100 多种草种的种子中凝集素的发生情况进行了调查，结果表明，所有属于小麦族、短柄草属和稻属的物种都含有凝集素。所有这些凝集素都具有相同的糖结合特异性，并与麦胚凝集素有关，但程度不同。来自小麦族物种的凝集素在免疫学上与麦胚凝集素无法区分，而短柄草和水稻凝集素仅在免疫学上与麦胚凝集素有关。试图在含有这三种凝集素的野生和栽培种中检测缺乏凝集素的品系或品种，但没有成功。讨论了将凝集素用作化学分类学工具的可能性。
