Many researchers use MAL (Maackia amurensis leukoagglutinin) and MAH (M. amurensis
hemagglutinin), the seed lectins from M. amurensis, as glycoanalytical tools to probe …

Seeds from the legume tree Maackia amurensis contain two lectins that can agglutinate
different blood cell types. Their specificity toward sialylated oligosaccharides is unique …

Glycans attached to lipids and membrane-bound and secreted proteins and peptides
mediate many important physiological and pathophysiological processes through …

Using a combination of protein isolation/characterization and molecular cloning, we have
demonstrated that the bark of the black mulberry tree (Morus nigra) accumulates large …

Publisher Summary This chapter focuses on recombinant plant lectins, especially those that
have been investigated by mutagenesis. Cloning and expression of plant lectins have …

Maackia amurensis hemagglutinin (MAH) and leukoagglutinin (MAL) are leguminous lectins
which recognize carbohydrate chains containing sialic acid residues linked α2, 3 to …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease characterized by articular
cartilage degradation and joint degeneration. The articular cartilage is mainly formed by …

Maackia amurensis lectins serve as research and botanical agents that bind to sialic
residues on proteins. For example, M. amurensis seed lectin (MASL) targets the sialic acid …

The N-acetylneuraminic acid− α (2–3)-galactose epitope is often located at the nonreducing
terminal ends of glycans on the envelopes of many pathogens, and it is believed that this …

Two lectins were isolated from Robinia pseudoacacia (black locust) seeds using affinity
chromatography on fetuin-agarose, and ion exchange chromatography on a Neobar CS …