Lectins are proteins with a high degree of stereospecificity to recognize various sugar
structures and form reversible linkages upon interaction with glyco-conjugate complexes …

Microorganisms in the natural environment typically live on or in close association with
surfaces and predominantly exist as biofilms, surface attached microbial communities …

Plant lectins are being studied for over a century. Until a decade ago, most information was
obtained from biochemical, molecular, and structural studies of a reasonably high but still …

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been widely used in industry due to their unique physical
and chemical properties. However, AgNPs have caused environmental concerns. To …

The crystal structure of griffithsin, an antiviral lectin from the red alga Griffithsia sp., was
solved and refined at 1.3 Å resolution for the free protein and 0.94 Å for a complex with …

Jacalin-related lectins (JRLs) are a subgroup of proteins with one or more jacalin-like lectin
domains. Although JRLs are often associated with biotic or abiotic stimuli, their biological …

Banana lectin (Banlec) is a dimeric plant lectin from the jacalin-related lectin family. Banlec
belongs to a subgroup of this family that binds to glucose/mannose, but is unique in …

Crystal (Cry) proteins are globally used in agriculture as proteinaceous insecticides. They
have also been recently recognized to have great potential as anthelmintic agents in …

A number of antiviral lectins, small proteins that bind carbohydrates found on viral
envelopes, are currently in pre-clinical trials as potential drugs for prevention of transmission …

Jacalin-related lectins (JRLs) are carbohydrate-binding proteins widely present in plants
and have one or more jacalin domains in common. However, JRLs' structural types and …