Lectin structures: classification based on the 3-D structures

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1200:579-606. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1292-6_46.

Abstract

Recent progress in structural biology has elucidated the three-dimensional structures and carbohydrate-binding mechanisms of most lectin families. Lectins are classified into 48 families based on their three-dimensional structures. A ribbon drawing gallery of the crystal and solution structures of representative lectins or lectin-like proteins is appended and may help to convey the diversity of lectin families, the similarity and differences between lectin families, as well as the carbohydrate-binding architectures of lectins.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • Humans
  • Lectins / chemistry*
  • Lectins / classification*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Protein Structure, Secondary

Substances

  • Lectins