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==Crystal structure of the galectin-8 N-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain in complex with lactose 3'-sulfate==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3ap6]] is a 4 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Human]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3AP6 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3AP6 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=LAT:BETA-LACTOSE'>LAT</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:SULFATE+ION'>SO4</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[3ap4|3ap4]], [[3ap5|3ap5]], [[3ap7|3ap7]]</td></tr>
<tr id='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">LGALS8 ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=9606 HUMAN])</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3ap6 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3ap6 OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3ap6 RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3ap6 PDBsum]</span></td></tr>
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Galectin-8 has much higher affinity for 3'-O-sulfated or 3'-O-sialylated glycoconjugates and a Lewis X-containing glycan than for oligosaccharides terminating in Galbeta1--&gt;3/4GlcNAc, and this specificity is mainly attributed to the N-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain (N-domain, CRD) (Ideo, H., Seko, A., Ishizuka, I., and Yamashita, K. (2003) Glycobiology 13, 713-723). In this study, we elucidated the crystal structures of the human galectin-8-N-domain (-8N) in the absence or presence of 4 ligands. The apo molecule forms a dimer, which is different from the canonical 2-fold symmetric dimer observed for galectin-1 and -2. In a galectin-8N-lactose complex, the lactose-recognizing amino acids are highly conserved among the galectins. However, Arg(45), Gln(47), Arg(59), and the long loop region between the S3 and S4 beta-strands are unique to galectin-8N. These amino acids directly or indirectly interact with the sulfate or sialic acid moieties of 3'-sialyl- and 3'-sulfolactose complexed with galectin-8N. Furthermore, in the LNF-III-galectin-8N complex, van der Waals interactions occur between the alpha1-3-branched fucose and galactose and between galactose and Tyr(141), and these interactions increase the affinity toward galectin-8N. Based on the findings of these x-ray crystallographic analyses, a mutagenesis study using surface plasmon resonance showed that Arg(45), Gln(47), and Arg(59) of galectin-8N are indispensable and coordinately contribute to the strong binding of galectins-8N to sialylated and sulfated oligosaccharides. Arg(59) is the most critical amino acid for binding in the S3-S4 loop region.

Galectin-8-N-domain recognition mechanism for sialylated and sulfated glycans.,Ideo H, Matsuzaka T, Nonaka T, Seko A, Yamashita K J Biol Chem. 2011 Apr 1;286(13):11346-55. Epub 2011 Feb 2. PMID:21288902<ref>PMID:21288902</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Galectin|Galectin]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Human]]
[[Category: Ideo, H]]
[[Category: Matsuzaka, T]]
[[Category: Nonaka, T]]
[[Category: Yamashita, K]]
[[Category: Beta-sandwich]]
[[Category: Carbohydrate/sugar binding]]
[[Category: Galectin]]
[[Category: Sugar binding protein]]