A multispecific saline-soluble lectin from the parasitic fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora : Similarities in the binding specificities compared with a lectin from the mushroom Agaricus bisporus
Several fungi can express high levels of saline-soluble and low- molecular-mass lectins that bind to glycoproteins such as fetuin and different mucins but not bind to any monosaccharides. In this paper, we report the binding specificities of such a lectin (designated AOL) isolated from the nematophagous fungus Arthrobotrys oligospora. The results show that AOL is a multispecific lectin that intera