Ricin

Taxonomy

• Ricinus communis (Castor bean)

Protein

• Ricin / Ricinus communis    P02879

Source

• Seed (BTO_0001226)  

Reported structure

• N-Linked / High-Mannose / Man(a1-3)Man(a1-6)[Man(a1-3)]Man(b1-4)GlcNAc(b1-4)GlcNAc
• N-Linked / High-Mannose / Man(a1-3)Man(a1-6)[Man(a1-3)][Xyl(b1-2)]Man(b1-4)GlcNAc(b1-4)GlcNAc
• N-Linked / Pauci-Mannose / Man(a1-3)[Man(a1-6)][Xyl(b1-2)]Man(b1-4)GlcNAc(b1-4)GlcNAc
• N-Linked / Pauci-Mannose / Man(a1-3)[Man(a1-6)][Xyl(b1-2)]Man(b1-4)GlcNAc(b1-4)[Fuc(a1-3)]GlcNAc

Composition

• Hex:3 HexNAc:2 Pent:1 (avg mass : 1042.9486 )
• Hex:3 HexNAc:2 dHex:1 Pent:1 (avg mass : 1189.0916 )
• Hex:4 HexNAc:2 (avg mass : 1072.9749 )
• Hex:4 HexNAc:2 Pent:1 (avg mass : 1205.091 )

Disease

Reference

• Structural analyses of sugar chains from ricin A-chain variant. (1990 - Kimura Y, Kusuoku H, Tada M, Takagi S, Funatsu G) / Status : Reviewed
• Possible pathway for the processing of sugar chains containing xylose in plant glycoproteins deduced on structural analyses of sugar chains from Ricinus communis lectins. (1987 - Kimura Y, Hase S, Kobayashi Y, Kyogoku Y, Funatsu G, Ikenaka T) / Status : Reviewed

Reported glycosite

• Ricin / Ricinus communis
  •        Undefined site
  •        Asn-45
  •        Asn-271

Mass spectrometry observed peptide