Lectin is a carbohydrate-binding protein found in plant roots, rhizomes, leaves, seeds, and stems. Lectin is located in the cytoplasm as well as in the nucleus.
Application:
Lectin from Wisteria floribunda has been used:
to study the perineuronal nets and parvalbumin nets in mouse brain by immunofluorescence
to evaluate the amount of N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) transferred to Gaussia luciferase (GLuc) substrates by microplate assay