The enzymic degradation of insoluble polysaccharides is one of the most important
reactions on earth. Despite this, glycoside hydrolases attack such polysaccharides relatively …

Many natural lectins have been reported to have antiviral activity. As some of these have
been put forward as potential development candidates for preventing or treating viral …

In nature, lectins are widely dispersed proteins that selectively recognize and bind to
carbohydrates and glycoconjugates via reversible bonds at specific binding sites. Many viral …

This monograph is aimed at providing researchers new to the subject with information on the
structure and mechanisms in the chemistry, biochemistry or processing of carbohydrates …

Carbohydrate-binding proteins (CBP) can be isolated from a variety of species, including
procaryotes (ie cyanobacteria), sea corals, algae, plants, invertebrates and vertebrates. A …

Lectins are defined as carbohydrate-binding proteins/glycoproteins of none immune origin,
they are ubiquitous in nature, exist from bacteria to human cells. And due to their …

Mannose-binding proteins derived from several plants (ie Hippeastrum hybrid and
Galanthus nivalis agglutinin) or prokaryotes (ie cyanovirin-N) inhibit human …

The lectin from the common mushroom Agaricus bisporus, the most popular edible species
in Western countries, has potent antiproliferative effects on human epithelial cancer cells …

This overview provides an illustrated, comprehensive survey of some commonly observed
protein‐fold families and structural motifs, chosen for their functional significance. It opens …

The attack of fungal cell walls by plant chitinases is an important plant defense response to
fungal infection. Anti-fungal activity of plant chitinases is largely restricted to chitinases that …