We have recently demonstrated that certain oligomannose and bisected hybrid type glycopeptides and bisected complex type oligosaccharides are bivalent for binding to concanavalin A and can precipitate the lectin [Bhattacharyya, L., Ceccarini, C., Lorenzoni, P., & Brewer, C.F. (1987) J. Biol. Chem.
The binding of galactose-specific lectins from Erythrina indica (EIL), Erythrina arborescens (EAL), Ricinus communis (agglutinin; RCA-I), Abrus precatorius (agglutinin; APA), and Bandeiraea simplicifolia (lectin I; BSL-I) to fluoro-, deoxy-, and thiogalactoses were studied in order to determine the