Carbohydrate binding, quaternary structure and a novel hydrophobic binding site in two legume lectin oligomers from Dolichos biflorus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 286, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1161-1177

  Hamelryck, Thomas W ^a   Loris, Remy ^a   Bouckaert, Julie ^a   Dao Thi, Minh Hoa ^a   Strecker, Gerard ^b   Imberty, Anne ^c   Fernandez, Elias ^d   Wyns, Lode ^a   Etzler, Marilynn E ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHES SUR LES MACROMOLÉCULES VÉGÉTALES CERMAV CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokinins; Legume lectins; Protein carbohydrate interactions; Quaternary structure; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BLOOD GROUP A ANTIGEN; LECTIN; LEUCINE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

DOLICHOS BIFLORUS;

EID: 0033525658     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2534     Document Type: Article

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