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J. Biochem, 1988, Vol. 104, No. 1 1-4
© 1988 Japanese Biochemical Society

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Complete Amino Acid Sequence of a ß-Galactoside-Binding Lectin from Human Placenta1

Jun Hirabayashi and Ken-ichi Kasai

Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University Sagamiko, Kanagawa 199-01

The complete amino acid sequence of a ß-galactoside-binding lectin from human placenta was determined at protein level. The lectin consists of 134 amino acids and its N-terminal alanine is blocked with acetate. The lectin shows about 50% similarity with chick 14K lectin, which was the first vertebrate ß-galactoside-binding lectin completely sequenced. Only 14 residues proved to be different from those of rat lung lectin, the sole mammalian lectin of which the complete sequence has been reported.

1 This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan.


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