Agglutination of Helicobacter pylori coccoids by lectins

Table 1 Major sugar specificities of lectins used in this study

Lectin	Abbreviation	Carbohydrate specificity
Arachis hypogaea	PNA	β-D-Gal (1-3)GalNAc
Bandeirae simplicifolia	BS-I	α-Gal, α-GalNAc
Concanavalin A	Con A	α-D-Man, α-D-Glc
Datura stramonium	DSA	(D-GlcNAc)2
Glycine max	SBA	D-GalNAc
Helix promatia	HPA	D-GalNAc
Lens culinaris	LcH	α-D-Man
Narcissus pseudonarcissus	NPA	α-D-Man
Pisum sativum	PEA	α-D-Man
Tetragonolobus purpureas	Lotus A	α-L-Fuc
Triticum vulgaris	WGA	(D-GlcNAc)2, NeuNAc
Vicia faba	VFA	D-Man, D-Glc
Vicia sativa	VSA	D-Glc, D-Man
Vicia villosa	VVA	D-GalNAc
Vigna radiata	MBA	α-Gal

Gal = D-Galactose; GalNAc = N-acetyl galactosamine; GlcNAc＝N-acetyl glucosamine; NANA = N-acetyl neuraminic acid; Man = Mannose; Glc = Glucose;Malt = Maltose; Suc = Sucrose; Fuc = L-Fucose.