Yamaguchi K, Mori A, Funatsu G
Laboratory of Protein Chemistry & Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1995 Jul;59(7):1384-5. doi: 10.1271/bbb.59.1384.
The complete amino acid sequence of pokeweed lectin-C (PL-C) consisting of 126 residues has been determined. PL-C is an acidic simple protein with molecular mass of 13,747 Da and consists of three cysteine-rich domains with 51-63% homology. PL-C shows homology to chitin-binding proteins such as wheat germ agglutinin, and all eight cysteine residues in the three domains of PL-C are completely conserved in all other chitin-binding domains.
