Structural highlights
Function
LECA_ARTIN D-galactose-specific lectin, binds the T-antigen structure Gal-beta1,3-GalNAc (Thomsen-Friedenreich-antigen-specific lectin). Potent and selective stimulant of distinct T- and B-cell functions. Shows a unique ability to specifically recognize IgA-1 from human serum.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Evidence is presented that the specificity of jacalin, the seed lectin from jack fruit (Artocarpus integrifolia), is not directed exclusively against the T-antigen disaccharide Galbeta1,3GalNAc, lactose and galactose, but also against mannose and oligomannosides. Biochemical analyses based on surface-plasmon-resonance measurements, combined with the X-ray-crystallographic determination of the structure of a jacalin-alpha-methyl-mannose complex at 2 A resolution, demonstrated clearly that jacalin is fully capable of binding mannose. Besides mannose, jacalin also interacts readily with glucose, N-acetylneuraminic acid and N-acetylmuramic acid. Structural analyses demonstrated that the relatively large size of the carbohydrate-binding site enables jacalin to accommodate monosaccharides with different hydroxyl conformations and provided unambiguous evidence that the beta-prism structure of jacalin is a sufficiently flexible structural scaffold to confer different carbohydrate-binding specificities to a single lectin.
Structural basis for the unusual carbohydrate-binding specificity of jacalin towards galactose and mannose.,Bourne Y, Astoul CH, Zamboni V, Peumans WJ, Menu-Bouaouiche L, Van Damme EJ, Barre A, Rouge P Biochem J. 2002 May 15;364(Pt 1):173-80. PMID:11988090[1]
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References
- ↑ Bourne Y, Astoul CH, Zamboni V, Peumans WJ, Menu-Bouaouiche L, Van Damme EJ, Barre A, Rouge P. Structural basis for the unusual carbohydrate-binding specificity of jacalin towards galactose and mannose. Biochem J. 2002 May 15;364(Pt 1):173-80. PMID:11988090
