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Provedor de dados: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
País: | Brazil
Título: | Detection, purification and characterization of a lectin from freshwater green algae Spirogyra spp.
Autores: | OLIVEIRA,ANTÔNIA S. DE; LÓSSIO,CLÁUDIA F.; RANGEL,ANNE J.; MARTINS,MARIA G.Q.; NASCIMENTO,FERNANDO E.P. DO; ANDRADE,MARIA L.L. DE; CAVADA,BENILDO S.; LACERDA,SÍRLEIS R.; NASCIMENTO,KYRIA S. DO.
Data: | 2017-01-01
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Algae; Characterization; Lectin; Purification.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT Freshwater algae are rich sources of structurally biologically active metabolites, such as fatty acids, steroids, carotenoids and polysaccharides. Among these metabolites, lectins stand out. Lectins are proteins or glycoproteins of non-immune origin which bind to carbohydrates or glycoconjugates, without changing ligand structure. Many studies have reported on the use of Spirogyra spp. as effective bioindicators of heavy metals; however, reports on Spirogyra molecular bioprospecting are quite limited. Therefore, this study aimed to detect, isolate, purify and characterize a lectin present in the freshwater green algae Spirogyra. Presence of the lectin protein in the extract was detected by hemagglutination assays. Subsequently, the protein extract was subjected to a sugar inhibition assay to identify the lectin-specific carbohydrate. Following this, the extract was applied to a guar gum column to afford the pure lectin. The lectin was inhibited by N-acetyl-glucosamine and N-acetyl-beta-D-mannose, but more strongly by D-galactose. The apparent molecular mass of the purified lectin was evaluated by Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS-PAGE). Electrophoretic analysis revealed a single protein band with an apparent molecular mass of 56 kDa. Thus, it could be concluded that a lectin was purified from Spirogyra spp.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652017000502113
Editor: | Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Relação: | 10.1590/0001-3765201720160150
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências  v.89 n.3 suppl.0 2017
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess