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Bufo arenarum | |
| SPECIES IMAGE | ![]() | SOURCE | Toad |
| LECTINS | |
| MOLECULAR IMAGE | ![]() | CLASS | S-lectin or galectin |
| NOMEN | LECa.Buf.Are.xx.Xxxx |
| INDEX | Lectin from higher animal, typically vertebrates / / / / |
| CHARACTERIZATION | Bufo Arenarum lectin is a 14.5 KDa homodimer showing the pea-lectin fold. The 22 strand beta sheet sandwich structure of the dimer have two carbohydrate binding regions placed in opposite ends. |
| BIOACTIVITY | Unlike the X. laevis galectin, the binding activity of the B. arenarum galectin for N-acetyllactosamine, the human blood group A tetrasaccharide. |
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| REFERENCES | J Biol Chem 1996 Dec 20;271(51):33083-94 |
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