Recent progress in the application of plant lectins to glycoprotein chemistry

Abstract

Serial affinity chromatography by the use of immobilized lectin columns whose binding specificities have been precisely determined is a very sensitive and rapid method for the fractionation and structural assessment of oligosaccharides and glycopeptides. In this article, a possible scheme for separating a mixture of asparagine-linked glycopeptides is discussed with reference to the recent knowledge about the sugar-binding specificity of each lectin column. © 1989 IUPAC.