The size, shape and specificity of the sugar-binding site of the jacalin-related lectins is profoundly affected by the proteolytic cleavage of the subunits.

Mannose-specific lectins with high sequence similarity to jacalin and the Maclura pomifera agglutinin have been isolated from species belonging to the families Moraceae, Convolvulaceae, Brassicaceae, Asteraceae, Poaceae and Musaceae. Although these novel mannose-specific lectins are undoubtedly rela...

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Main Authors: Houlès Astoul, Corinne, Peumans, Willy J, van Damme, Els J M, Barre, Annick, Bourne, Yves, Rougé, Pierre
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2002
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1222947/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12169094
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1042/BJ20020856
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