Research Article
Purification and Characterization of a D-Galactoside-Binding Lectin Purified from Bladder Moon Shell (Glossaulax didyma Roding)
Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Department of Environmental Biosciences, International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan
S.M.A. Kawsar
Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Department of Environmental Biosciences, International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan
R. Matsumoto
Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Department of Environmental Biosciences, International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan
H. Yasumitsu
Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Department of Environmental Biosciences, International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan
N. Kojima
Laboratory of Environmental Biosciences, YSFH, 6 Ono, Tsurumi-Ku, Yokohama 230-0046, Japan
Y. Ozeki
Laboratory of Marine Biochemistry, Department of Environmental Biosciences, International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan
Dr. A. K. M. Lutfur Reply
This article is new method to purify novel lectins from marine invertebrates. Thanks to authors.
Yasuhiro Ozeki Reply
Thank you for your attention to our article. Lectins in marine invertebrates should be interested by audiences in the journal, because it expects to be able to discover new molecule with various different carbohydrate binding properties. Our method using carbohydrate-conjugated affinity chromatography is a representative procedure for lectin purification. However, the point, as we used it for the purification of lectin in marine invertebrates and succeeded to isolate a new lectin with attractive biochemical properties is emphasised in the article. Best.