Tachylectin-2: Crystal structure of a specific GlcNAc/GalNAc-binding lectin involved in the innate immunity host defense of the Japanese horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2313-2322

  Beisel, Hans Georg ^a   Kawabata, Shun Ichiro ^b   Iwanaga, Sadaaki ^b   Huber, Robert ^a   Bode, Wolfram ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal lectin; Crystal structure; Horseshoe crab; N acetylglucosamine; propeller

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BLOOD CELL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; LIMULUS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS;

EID: 0033522446     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2313     Document Type: Article

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