Structure-function and application of plant lectins in disease biology and immunity

A Mishra, A Behura, S Mawatwal, A Kumar… - Food and Chemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lectins are proteins with a high degree of stereospecificity to recognize various sugar
structures and form reversible linkages upon interaction with glyco-conjugate complexes …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into animal and plant lectins with antimicrobial activities

RO Dias, LS Machado, L Migliolo, OL Franco - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Lectins are multivalent proteins with the ability to recognize and bind diverse carbohydrate
structures. The glyco-binding and diverse molecular structures observed in these protein …

[HTML][HTML] Lectins, interconnecting proteins with biotechnological/pharmacological and therapeutic applications

LCBB Coelho, PMS Silva, VLM Lima… - Evidence-Based …, 2017 - hindawi.com
Lectins are proteins extensively used in biomedical applications with property to recognize
carbohydrates through carbohydrate-binding sites, which identify glycans attached to cell …

[HTML][HTML] Legume lectins: proteins with diverse applications

I Lagarda-Diaz, AM Guzman-Partida… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Lectins are a diverse class of proteins distributed extensively in nature. Among these
proteins; legume lectins display a variety of interesting features including antimicrobial; …

[HTML][HTML] Plant-derived lectins as potential cancer therapeutics and diagnostic tools

M Mazalovska, JC Kouokam - BioMed research international, 2020 - hindawi.com
Cancer remains a global health challenge, with high morbidity and mortality, despite the
recent advances in diagnosis and treatment. Multiple compounds assessed as novel …

Plant as a plenteous reserve of lectin

AU Hivrale, AG Ingale - Plant signaling & behavior, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Lectins are clusters of glycoproteins of nonimmune foundation that combine specifically and
reversibly to carbohydrates, mainly the sugar moiety of glycoconjugates, resulting in cell …

Lectins: proteins with diverse applications

R Hamid, A Masood, IH Wani, S Rafiq - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - japsonline.com
Lectins are proteins that bind to carbohydrates and sugar containing substances in a
specific and reversible way or precipitate glycoconjugates. These heterogeneous class of …

[HTML][HTML] The immunomodulatory effect of plant lectins: a review with emphasis on ArtinM properties

MA Souza, FC Carvalho, LP Ruas… - Glycoconjugate …, 2013 - Springer
Advances in the glycobiology and immunology fields have provided many insights into the
role of carbohydrate-protein interactions in the immune system. We aim to present a …

[HTML][HTML] Mushroom lectins: specificity, structure and bioactivity relevant to human disease

MAA Hassan, R Rouf, E Tiralongo, TW May… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Lectins are non-immunoglobulin proteins that bind diverse sugar structures with a high
degree of selectivity. Lectins play crucial role in various biological processes such as …

[HTML][HTML] Lectins: production and practical applications

SK Lam, TB Ng - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2011 - Springer
Lectins are proteins found in a diversity of organisms. They possess the ability to agglutinate
erythrocytes with known carbohydrate specificity since they have at least one non-catalytic …