title: Lectins from edible mushrooms.
abstract: Mushrooms are famous for their nutritional and medicinal values and also for the diversity of bioactive compounds they contain including lectins. The present review is an attempt to summarize and discuss data available on molecular weights, structures, biological properties, N-terminal sequences and possible applications of lectins from edible mushrooms. It further aims to update and discuss/examine the recent advancements in the study of these lectins regarding their structures, functions, and exploitable properties. A detailed tabling of all the available data for N-terminal sequences of these lectins is also presented here.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry, Biochemistry Department, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal 795003, India. sunil_senjam@rediffmail.com.
authors.forename: Senjam Sunil
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Agrobiotechnology and Department of Microbiology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China. hxwang@cau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Hexiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. bomberharo@yahoo.com.hk.
authors.forename: Yau Sang
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. wenliangpan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Wenliang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. danxiuli@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Xiuli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Dan
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. ycm1907@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Cui Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Medical Laboratory Research, Leiden University of Applied Science, Zernikedreef 11, Leiden 2333 CK, The Netherlands. ouafae@live.nl.
authors.forename: Ouafae
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akkouh
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China. b021770@mailserv.cuhk.edu.hk.
authors.forename: Tzi Bun
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Ng
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins