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== Structural highlights == | == Structural highlights == | ||
The CRD is a β-sandwich long enough to bind a tetrasaccharide. A <scene name='51/516488/Cv/ | The CRD is a β-sandwich long enough to bind a tetrasaccharide. A <scene name='51/516488/Cv/4'>lactose ligand is bound at the concave face of the β-sheet</scene><ref>PMID:15476813</ref>. Water molecules shown as red spheres. | ||
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Revision as of 13:24, 31 March 2019
FunctionGalectin (GAL) are lectins which bind β-galactosidase (BGAL). GAL contains a carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) residues 113-250[1].
RelevanceGAL are known to inhibit chronic inflammation[3]. GAL-3 has a role in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis and melanoma methastasis[4]. Structural highlightsThe CRD is a β-sandwich long enough to bind a tetrasaccharide. A [5]. Water molecules shown as red spheres. |
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3D structures of galectin3D structures of galectin
Updated on 31-March-2019