The past year has witnessed the expected increase in the number of solved structures of
glycoside hydrolases and glycosyltransferases, and their constitutive modules. These …

Plants evolve to synthesize various natural metabolites to protect themselves against
threats, such as insects, predators, microorganisms, and environmental conditions (such as …

Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins (RIPs) are enzymes that trigger the catalytic inactivation of
ribosomes and other substrates. They are present in a large number of plants and have …

Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are toxins that act as N-glycosidases (EC 3.2. 2.22).
They are mainly produced by plants and classified as type 1 RIPs and type 2 RIPs. There …

A class of heterodimeric plant proteins consisting of a carbohydrate-binding B-chain and an
enzymatic A-chain which act on ribosomes to inhibit protein synthesis are amongst the most …

Tetanus neurotoxin binds via its carboxyl-terminal HC-fragment selectively to neurons
mediated by complex gangliosides. We investigated the lactose and sialic acid binding …

Many plants contain proteins that are commonly designated as ribosome-inactivating
proteins (RIPs). Based on the structure of the genes and the mature proteins a novel system …

Specific interactions between molecules, including those produced by a given solute, and
the surrounding solvent are essential to drive molecular recognition processes. A simple …

Ribosome‐inactivating proteins (RIPs) are toxic proteins with N‐glycosidase activity. RIPs
exert their action by removing a specific purine from 28S rRNA, thereby, irreversibly …

Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) from angiosperms are rRNA N-glycosidases that
have been proposed as defence proteins against virus and fungi. They have been classified …