Mammalian galectins bind Galactoseβ1-4Fucose disaccharide, a unique structural component of protostomial N-type glycoproteins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 436, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 509-513

  Takeuchi, Tomoharu ^a,b   Tamura, Mayumi ^a   Nishiyama, Kazusa ^b   Iwaki, Jun ^c,d   Hirabayashi, Jun ^c   Takahashi, Hideyo ^b   Natsugari, Hideaki ^b   Arata, Yoichiro ^a   Kasai, Ken ichi ^b  

^a JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frontal affinity chromatography; Gal 1 4Fuc; Gal 1 4GlcNAc; Galectin; Inhibitor

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; ECALECTIN; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSE BETA 1 4FUCOSE DISACCHARIDE; GALECTIN; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 3; GLUCOSE; LACTOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOSTOMIA;

CARBOHYDRATE-RECOGNITION DOMAIN; CRD; FRONTAL AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; FUC; FUCOSE; GAL; GALΒ1-4FUC; GALΒ1-4GLCNAC; GALACTOSE; GALECTIN; GLC; GLUCOSE; INHIBITOR;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; DISACCHARIDES; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 3; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LACTOSE; LIGANDS; MICE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COPRINOPSIS CINEREA; MAMMALIA; PROTOSTOMIA;

EID: 84879887514     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.05.135     Document Type: Article

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