UniProt functional annotation for P83790

UniProt code: P83790.

Organism: Phytolacca americana (American pokeweed) (Phytolacca decandra).
Taxonomy: Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; Caryophyllales; Phytolaccaceae; Phytolacca.
 
Function: N-acetyl-D-glucosamine binding lectin. Shows no hemagglutinating activity towards rabbit erythrocytes and weak activity towards trypsin-treated erythrocytes. Has mitogenic activity towards human peripheral blood lymphocytes (HPBL). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14623194, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15277769, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8987560}.
 
Subunit: Monomer. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14623194, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15277769}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.