Self-Assembly of a Tetrahedral Lectin into Predesigned Diamondlike Protein Crystals.
Binding sites analogous to those of sp(3) carbon are presented by concanavalin A. This lectin has now been cross-linked with a bismannopyranoside which contains the C(2) spacer required to form the computer-modeled diamondlike three-dimensional protein lattice shown in the picture.
Dotan
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Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978 (Israel).
Arad
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Frolow
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Freeman
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