This entry represents a domain found in legume-like lectin. Legume-type (L-type) lectins are a highly diverse family of carbohydrate binding proteins that generally display no enzymatic activity toward the sugars they bind. L-type lectins have a do ...
This entry represents a domain found in legume-like lectin. Legume-type (L-type) lectins are a highly diverse family of carbohydrate binding proteins that generally display no enzymatic activity toward the sugars they bind. L-type lectins have a dome-shaped beta-barrel carbohydrate recognition domain with a curved seven-stranded beta-sheet referred to as the "front face" and a flat six-stranded beta-sheet referred to as the "back face". This domain homodimerises so that adjacent back sheets form a contiguous 12-stranded sheet and homotetramers occur by a back-to-back association of these homodimers. Though L-type lectins exhibit both sequence and structural similarity to one another, their carbohydrate binding specificities differ widely.
