A novel mode of carbohydrate recognition in jacalin, a Moraceae plant lectin with a β-prism fold

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 596-603

  Sankaranarayanan, Rajan ^a   Sekar, Kanakaraj ^a   Banerjee, Rahul ^a   Sharma, Vivek ^a   Surolia, Avadhesha ^a   Vijayan, Mamannamana ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; JACALIN; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LECTIN BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GALACTOSE; INTERFERON INDUCERS; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING;

MORACEAE;

EID: 0029941757     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsb0796-596     Document Type: Article

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