Fungal lectins are a large family of carbohydrate-binding proteins with no enzymatic activity.
They play fundamental biological roles in the interactions of fungi with their environment and …

Highlights•The structure of more than 26 fungal lectins has been described recently.•Binding
to non-self glycans results in toxicity towards predators.•Structural details from pathogenic …

A ESTRA (" T" l'he aim of this study is to provide concise information about recent
developments in understanding of fungal lectins. Lectins, a well-known class of multivalent …

Fungi are members of a large group of eukaryotic organisms that include yeasts and molds,
as well as the most familiar member, mushrooms. Fungal lectins with unique specificity and …

Nematodes are a very diverse phylum that has adapted to nearly every ecosystem. They
have developed specialized lifestyles, dividing the phylum into free-living, animal, and plant …

The crystal structure of a novel fungal lectin from Sclerotium rolfsii (SRL) in its free form and
in complex with N-acetyl-d-galactosamine (GalNAc) and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine (GlcNAc) …

Lectins are present throughout the plant kingdom and are reported to be involved in diverse
biological processes. In this study, we provide a comparative analysis of the lectin families …

Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins widely distributed in nature. They constitute a
highly diverse group of proteins consisting of many different protein families that are, in …

Lectins are a large and diverse class of proteins, found in all kingdoms of life. Plants are
known to express different types of carbohydrate-binding proteins, each containing at least …

Lectins are a diverse group of carbohydrate binding proteins often involved in cellular
interactions. A lectin gene, lec-2, was identified in the mycobiont of the lichen Peltigera …