phytoagglutinin Biochem.
(faɪtəʊəˈgl(j)uːtɪnɪn)
[f. phyto- + agglutinin s.v. agglutinate v.]
Any plant protein that is an agglutinin.
| 1959 Archiwum Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej VII. 793, 214 plant species from various botanic families were examined for the presence of phytoagglutinins; they have been found in seed extracts of 50 plant species. 1971 Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. LXVIII. 1818/2 The C[olletotrichum] lindemuthianum polygalacturonase inhibitor isolated from Red Kidney bean hypocotyls has several properties which suggest that it is one of the glycoproteins commonly referred to as phytoagglutinins. 1974 A. Huxley Plant & Planet xxv. 285 Many plants..contain antibiotic substances which help to repel fungus invasions... These substances, which are possibly based on proteins known as phytoagglutins [sic], remind one of antibodies in animals. |