Exposure of Trypanosoma brucei to an N-acetylglucosamine-Binding Lectin Induces VSG Switching and Glycosylation Defects Resulting in Reduced Infectivity

VM Castillo-Acosta, LM Ruiz-Pérez… - PLoS neglected …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoproteins (VSG) are glycosylated by both
paucimannose and oligomannose structures which are involved in the formation of a …

Mutational analysis of the binding affinity and transport activity for N-acetylglucosamine of the novel ABC transporter Ngc in the chitin-degrader Streptomyces …

A Saito, H Schrempf - Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 2004 - Springer
The highly differentiated bacterium Streptomyces olivaceoviridis efficiently hydrolyses chitin,
a highly abundant natural polysaccharide, to low molecular weight products including N …

Mutational analysis of the pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) phloem exudate lectin, PP2 reveals Ser-104 is crucial for carbohydrate binding

KB Bobbili, S Bandari, K Grobe, MJ Swamy - Biochemical and Biophysical …, 2014 - Elsevier
The pumpkin phloem lectin (PP2) is an RNA-binding, defense-related, chitooligosaccharide-
specific, homodimeric lectin of M r 48 kDa expressed at high concentrations in the sieve …

Structure of Urtica dioica agglutinin isolectin I: dimer formation mediated by two zinc ions bound at the sugar-binding site

K Harata, WD Schubert, M Muraki - Acta crystallographica section …, 2001 - journals.iucr.org
Ultica dioica agglutinin, a plant lectin from the stinging nettle, consists of a total of seven
individual isolectins. One of these structures, isolectin I, was determined at 1.9 Å resolution …

Urtica dioica Agglutinin Prevents Rabies Virus Infection in a Muscle Explant Model

X Wang, L Terrie, G Wu, EJM Van Damme, L Thorrez… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Infection with the rabies virus (RABV) results in a 100% lethal neurological disease once
symptoms develop. Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) consists of a combination of …

Negative Cooperativity and High Affinity in Chitooligosaccharide Binding by a Mycobacterium smegmatis Protein Containing LysM and Lectin Domains

D Patra, P Mishra, M Vijayan, A Surolia - Biochemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
LysM domains have been recognized in bacteria and eukaryotes as carbohydrate-binding
protein modules, but the mechanism of their binding to chitooligosaccharides has been …

[HTML][HTML] CBM 在多糖底物降解中的应用进展

倪新, 杨帆 - 微生物学报, 2023 - actamicro.ijournals.cn
碳水化合物结合模块(carbohydrate-binding module, CBM) 是碳水化合物活性酶的重要组成
部分, 其功能是识别并结合到特定的多糖底物上以提高催化结构域在底物附近的浓度及催化效率 …

Insights into the Dynamics and Molecular Recognition Features of Glycopeptides by Protein Receptors: The 3D Solution Structure of Hevein Bound to the …

JJ Hernández‐Gay, A Ardá, S Eller… - … A European Journal, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Protein‐carbohydrate interactions are at the heart of a variety of essential molecular
recognition events. Hevein, a model lectin related to the superantigen family, recognizes the …

Urticaria due to Urtica dioica in a neonate

S Uslu, A Bulbul, B Diler, EK Bas, A Nuhoglu - European journal of …, 2011 - Springer
Urticaria is one of the most common dermatoses during the childhood, but it is very rare in
the neonates. A 17-day-old infant with a generalized urticaria was admitted to our pediatric …

Activity augmentation of amphioxus peptidoglycan recognition protein BbtPGRP3 via fusion with a chitin binding domain

WJ Wang, W Cheng, M Luo, Q Yan, HM Yu, Q Li… - Plos one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs), which have been identified in most animals,
are pattern recognition molecules that involve antimicrobial defense. Resulting from …