The major component of the Gladiolus style mucilage was shown to be an arabinogalactan-protein. The arabinogalactan-protein was isolated from the style extract by affinity chromatography with tridacnin (the galactose-binding lectin from the clam Tridacna maxima) coupled to Sepharose 4B. The isolated
Antiserum has been raised to the arabinogalactan-protein of Gladiolus style mucilage. This macromolecule has been characterized and has a structure consistent with a 1 leads to 3-linked beta-galactan backbone with side branches of 1 leads to 6-linked beta-galactosyl residues, some of which carry
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