ISSN:
0021-9541
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Binding of concanavalin A to isolated thymocyte membrane vesicles occurs through (a) numerous (∼6 × 106/cell equivalent) low-affinity sites (Ka = 1.3 × 105 M-1) and (b) fewer (∼0.4 × 106/cell equipment) specific receptors (Ka = 6.8 × 106 M-1) defined as 55,000 D glycoprotein and its multimers. Specific binding is positively-cooperative, with a Hill coefficient of∼1.8. Low concentrations of glutaraldehyde selectively crosslink the 55,000 D glycoprotein with replacement of positively-cooperative sites by high-affinity sites. It is proposed that concanavalin A-binding induces multimerization of the 55,000 D glycoprotein.
Additional Material:
3 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1040890441
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