title: Lectin structures: classification based on the 3-D structures.
abstract: Recent progress in structural biology has elucidated the three-dimensional structures and carbohydrate-binding mechanisms of most lectin families. Lectins are classified into 48 families based on their three-dimensional structures. A ribbon drawing gallery of the crystal and solution structures of representative lectins or lectin-like proteins is appended and may help to convey the diversity of lectin families, the similarity and differences between lectin families, as well as the carbohydrate-binding architectures of lectins.
authors.affiliation: Biomolecular Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, 305-8602, Japan, zui@affrc.go.jp.
authors.forename: Zui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tateno
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirabayashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins