title: Basic procedure of x-ray crystallography for analysis of lectin-sugar interactions.
abstract: Most three-dimensional structures of lectins have been determined by X-ray crystallography. This method determines the molecular structure using X-ray diffraction of a crystal, thereby providing structural information at the atomic level. In this chapter, an overview of the method for protein crystallography is briefly introduced, including a description of several techniques for analysis of the molecular and sugar-binding structure of lectins.
authors.affiliation: Biomolecular Research Unit, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8602, Japan, zui@affrc.go.jp.
authors.forename: Zui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fujimoto
mesh_terms: D053000:Analytic Sample Preparation Methods; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods*; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins