Plant lectins: Classical molecules with emerging roles in stress tolerance

D Marothia, N Kaur, C Jhamat, I Sharma… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biotic and abiotic stresses impose adverse effects on plant's development, growth, and
production. For the past many years, researchers are trying to understand the stress induced …

Dalbergieae lectins: A review of lectins from species of a primitive Papilionoideae (leguminous) tribe

KS Nascimento, MTL Silva, MV Oliveira… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lectins are (glyco) proteins capable of reversibly binding to specific carbohydrates, thus
having various functions and applications. Plant lectins are the best studied, and the …

Cytokinin (6-benzylaminopurine) elevates lignification and the expression of genes involved in lignin biosynthesis of carrot

A Khadr, YH Wang, RR Zhang, XR Wang, ZS Xu… - Protoplasma, 2020 - Springer
Carrot is a root crop consumed worldwide and has great nutritional qualities. It is considered
as one of the ten most important vegetable crops. Cytokinins are an essential class of the …

Tumor-specific protein human galectin-1 interacts with anticancer agents

S D'Auria, L Petrova, C John, G Russev… - Molecular …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
The present work shows a novel binding activity of the tumor specific lectin—recombinant
human galectin-1 (hGal-1)—to three porphyrin compounds:(1) Zn-porphyrin (ZnTPPS);(2) …

Homology modeling, molecular docking, and dynamics of two α-methyl-d-mannoside-specific lectins from Arachis genus

KS Nascimento, DA Araripe, VR Pinto-Junior… - Journal of molecular …, 2018 - Springer
The Arachis genus belongs to the Dalbergieae tribe, a group of plants that show promising
potential novel lectins. Three lectins of the well-known Arachis hypogaea have already been …

Mass spectrometric characterization of isoform variants of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) stem lectin (SL-I)

P Agrawal, S Kumar, HR Das - Journal of proteomics, 2010 - Elsevier
Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization–time-of-flight (MALDI–TOF) mass spectrometric
(MS) analysis of purified Arachis hypogaea stem lectin (SL-I) and its tryptic digests …

Interaction of wheat germ agglutinin with porphyrin compounds—potential anticancer agents

V Bogoeva, L Petrova, I Ivanov, H Kulina… - Biotechnology & …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) is the first studied plant lectin shown to bind more strongly to
tumour cells than to normal ones. WGA interacts with prostate cancer cells, human …

[HTML][HTML] Cathepsin B cysteine protease gene is upregulated during leaf senescence and exhibits differential expression behavior in response to phytohormones in …

J Parkash, S Kashyap, S Kirti, AK Singh, S Dutt - Plant Gene, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Medicinal importance of Picrorhiza (Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle ex Benth—an herb of
western Himalayan region) and its endangered status in Red Data Book presses an urgent …

Purification and Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Sesbania aculeata (Dhaincha) Stem Lectin

S Biswas, P Agrawal, A Saroha, HR Das - The Protein Journal, 2009 - Springer
A glucose specific lectin (STA) was isolated from Sesbania aculeata stem by using
Sephadex G-50 affinity column chromatography. The lectin is a glycoprotein having 29 kDa …

Plant proteomics in India and Nepal: current status and challenges ahead

R Deswal, R Gupta, V Dogra, R Singh, JK Abat… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2013 - Springer
Plant proteomics has made tremendous contributions in understanding the complex
processes of plant biology. Here, its current status in India and Nepal is discussed. Gel …