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==Galectin-8 N-terminal domain in free form==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3vkn]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3VKN OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3VKN FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.98&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CL:CHLORIDE+ION'>CL</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3vkn FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3vkn OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3vkn PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3vkn RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3vkn PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3vkn ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/LEG8_HUMAN LEG8_HUMAN] Lectin with a marked preference for 3'-O-sialylated and 3'-O-sulfated glycans.<ref>PMID:21288902</ref> 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Galectin-8 is a tandem-repeat-type beta-galactoside-specific animal lectin having N- and C-terminal carbohydrate recognition domains (N-CRD and C-CRD, respectively) with a difference in carbohydrate-binding specificity, involved in cell-matrix interaction, malignant transformation, and cell adhesion. N-CRD exhibits strong affinity for alpha2-3 sialylated oligosaccharides, a feature unique to galectin-8. C-CRD usually exhibits relatively lower affinity for oligosaccharides, but has higher affinity for N-glycan-type branched oligosaccharides than does N-CRD. There have been many structural studies on galectins with a single CRD, but no X-ray structure of a galectin containing both CRDs has been reported. Here, the X-ray structure of a protease-resistant mutant form of human galectin-8 having both CRDs and the novel pseudo-dimer structure of galectin-8 N-CRD in complexes with alpha2-3 sialylated oligosaccharide ligands were determined. The results revealed a difference in specificity between the N- and C-CRDs, and provided new insights into the association of CRDs and/or molecules of galectin-8. (c) 2012 The Authors Journal compilation (c) 2012 FEBS.

X-ray Structure of a Protease-resistant Mutant Form of Human Galectin-8 with Two Carbohydrate Recognition Domains.,Yoshida H, Yamashita S, Teraoka M, Itoh A, Nakakita SI, Nishi N, Kamitori S FEBS J. 2012 Aug 22. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08753.x. PMID:22913484<ref>PMID:22913484</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Galectin 3D structures|Galectin 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Kamitori S]]
[[Category: Yoshida H]]