Ligand specificities and structural requirements of two Tachypleus plasma lectins for bacterial trapping

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 393, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 757-766

  Kuo, Tun Hsun ^a   Chuang, Shiao Cheng ^a   Chang, Sing Yang ^a   Liang, Po Huang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Horseshoe crab; Host defence; Innate immunity; Lectin; Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); Peptidoglycan (PGN); Tachypleus tridentatus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; DISSOCIATION; GENES; PURIFICATION; YEAST;

HORSESHOE CRAB; HOST DEFENSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LECTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE (LPS); PEPTIDOGLYCAN (PGN); TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS;

PLASMAS;

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN; LECTIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TACHYPLEUS PLASMA LECTIN 1; TACHYPLEUS PLASMA LECTIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIMULUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HORSESHOE CRABS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LECTINS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PICHIA; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LIMULUS; MEROSTOMATA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; TACHYPLEUS; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS;

EID: 31544467823     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20051108     Document Type: Article

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