Purification of Lectin from Micropropagated Roots Derived from Aseptic Seedling of Canavalia ensiformis L.
Tóm tắt
A well-organized protocol has been developed for high frequency root germination from the seed of Canavalia ensiformis on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium. Surprisingly, the seeds that were grown on the MS medium having no growth hormone showed the best response. Roots of 30 days old aseptic seedling were homogenized and a lectin from them was purified on Sephadex G-50 affinity column. The finding that final product is a pure lectin was confirmed by specific hemagglutinating property. The final root lectin yield was 0.6% and eluted as a single peak. Root lectin specific activity was 50 times more than the seed lectin. Sugar specificity activity by hemagglutination-inhibition assay indicated that lectin belongs to glucose/mannose-specific group. Interestingly, the lectin was found to be 25 kDa, similar to molecular mass of Concanavalin A purified from seed of C. ensiformis, as revealed by SDS–PAGE. Thus, Concanavalin A from either source can be used for development of transgenic crops that are capable of expressing lectin gene and hence can efficiently perform biological nitrogen fixation by giving rise to nodules in their root. The advantage of this method is that purification of Concanavalin A in tissue culture conditions is easier, handy and is less time consuming.
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