A database analysis of jacalin-like lectins: sequence–structure–function relationships

S Raval, SB Gowda, DD Singh, NR Chandra - Glycobiology, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Lectins are known to be important for many biological processes, due to their ability to
recognize cell surface carbohydrates with high specificity. Plant lectins have been model …

Artocarpin is a polyspecific jacalin-related lectin with a monosaccharide preference for mannose

A Barre, WJ Peumans, M Rossignol, G Borderies… - Biochimie, 2004 - Elsevier
A reinvestigation of the carbohydrate-binding properties revealed that artocarpin, a
previously described mannose-specific lectin from jackfruit (Artocarpus integrifolia) seeds …

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray structure analysis of the banana lectin from Musa paradisiaca

DD Singh, K Saikrishnan, P Kumar… - … Section D: Biological …, 2004 - journals.iucr.org
The banana lectin from Musa paradisiaca, MW 29.4 kDa, has been isolated, purified and
crystallized. The trigonal crystals contain one dimeric molecule in the asymmetric unit. The …