The nomenclature, structure, mode of action and applications of lectins are reviewed. This
group of proteinaceous macromolecules has the property of interacting with carbohydrates …

Lectins are a distinctive group of proteins which bind to carbohydrate residues of specific
structure and configuration (1, 2). Characteristicall. y all lectin molecules have two or more …

Lectins, a class of sugar-binding and cell-agglutinating proteins, are ubiquitous in Nature,
being found in all kinds of organisms, from viruses to humans. This review describes how …

Both" classical'lectins, originally identified as cell agglutinins, and other carbohydrate-
binding proteins that were identified by different means, may contain a second type of …

Lectin-carbohydrate interactions Page 1 Lectin-carbohydrate interactions Halina Lis and
Nathan Sharon The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Recent advances in the …

Publisher Summary Living organisms abound in a large variety of proteins that possess the
ability to specifically bind different compounds. Most important among these are the …

The occurrence in nature of erythrocyte-agglutinating proteins has been known since the
turn of the 19th century. By the 1960s it became apparent that such proteins also agglutinate …

Phaseolus vulgaris. It is composed of two different subunits combined into five different
forms of non covalently bound tetramers (6). Since the subunits have markedly different …

Lectins are a diverse group of proteins and glycoproteins that exhibit specific binding for
certain carbohydrates. Proteins with this property have been described in a wide variety of …

Publisher Summary Lectins play an important role in the development of immunology.
Lectins also find application in serological laboratories for typing blood and determining …