Abstract
The lectin V-2 from Pisum sativum L. (“arveja”) seeds was purified by Sephadex G-75 molecular exclusion chromatography and reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). Two dimensional SDS-PAGE analyses demonstrated that the purified lectin was homogeneous since it appeared as a single protein spot corresponding to ~14 kDa with an isoelectric point of 7.5. Its molecular weight was confirmed by mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF) to be 14,662.0 Da. The complete amino acid sequence (primary structure) showed that the lectin V-2 contains 128 amino acids. Comparative studies with other lectins show that it has high homology to the lectin from Cratylia mollis L. (91.4%), seeds and continued by the lectin from Cratylia argentea (61.6%) seeds. According to a phylogenetic tree, the lectin V-2 showed an approximation microevolutionary of ~ 1,000 nucleotides with the lectin from C. mollis. Additionally, the lectin V-2 showed antibacterial action on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus makes an inhibition halo of growth with a concentration of 1 mg.
Translated title of the contribution | Determination of the primary structure of a lectin V-2 from pea (Pisum sativum L.) seeds and his antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 11-18 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Idesia |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Estudio de homología secuencial de la estructura primaria y construcción del árbol filogenético: La secuencia completa de aminoácidos (estructura primaria), obtenida del paso anterior, fue comparada en relación con el grado de homología con otras secuencias obtenidas del programa SWISS-PROT (Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), website: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Para la construcción del árbol filogenético o filograma se usó el programa DNASTAR (ClustalW) que permite obtener las distancias nucleotídicas a partir del alineamiento de las secuencias aminoacídicas ingresadas.
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