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Lectin Structures: Classification Based on the 3-D Structures

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Lectins

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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.

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Fujimoto, Z., Tateno, H., Hirabayashi, J. (2014). Lectin Structures: Classification Based on the 3-D Structures. In: Hirabayashi, J. (eds) Lectins. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1200. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1292-6_46

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