Multiple choice

Which of the following is a mannose - binding lectin?

Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins that are highly specific for sugar moieties, particularly, the high specificity of plant lectins for foreign glycoconjugates. Lectins serve a wide variety of cell-cell recognition, signalling and adhesion processes and intracellular  targeting of newly syntheisized proteins. Most lectins do not possess enzymatic activity and are not produced naturally by the immune system. They may bind to a soluble carbohydrate or to a carbohydrate moiety that is a part of aglycoproteinor glycolipid. They typically agglutinate certain animal cells and/or precipitate glycoconjugates.

  1. Peanut agglutinin

  2. Wheat germ agglutinin

  3. Concanavalin A

  4. Jacalin

  5. Elderberry lectin

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C Correct answer
Explanation

It is the first lectin to be purified on a large scale, recognizes hydrolytic enzymes containing mannose-6-phosphate, and targets these proteins for delivery to the lysosome.