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Nivetha R, Meenakumari M, Peroor Mahi Dev A, Janarthanan S. Fucose-binding lectins: purification, characterization and potential biomedical applications. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:10589-10603. [PMID: 37934371 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08896-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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The property of lectins to specifically recognize and bind carbohydrates makes them an excellent candidate in biomedical research. Among them are fucose-binding lectins possessing the capacity to bind fucose are taxonomically, evolutionarily and ecologically significant class of lectins that are identified in a wide range of taxa. Purification of fucose-binding lectins dates back to 1967 when L-fucose binding protein from Lotus tetragonolobus was isolated using a dye that contained three α-L-fucopyranosyl residues. Beginning with that, several FBLs were purified from various animals as well as plant sources that were structurally and functionally characterised. This review focuses on fucose-binding lectins, their occurrence and purification with special emphasis on various strategies adopted to purify them followed by molecular and functional characterization. The exclusive ability to recognize and bind to fucose-containing glycans endows these lectins with the potential to act as anti-cancer agents, diagnostic markers and mitogens for immune cells. Though they have been in research focus for more than half a century with their occurrence reported in various taxa, they still need to be explored for their prospective functions to develop them as a biological tool in biomedical research.
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- Ramanathan Nivetha
- Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600 025, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600 025, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, 600 025, India.
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Bonnardel F, Perez S, Lisacek F, Imberty A. Structural Database for Lectins and the UniLectin Web Platform. Methods Mol Biol 2020; 2132:1-14. [PMID: 32306309 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0430-4_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The search for new biomolecules requires a clear understanding of biosynthesis and degradation pathways. This view applies to most metabolites as well as other molecule types such as glycans whose repertoire is still poorly characterized. Lectins are proteins that recognize specifically and interact noncovalently with glycans. This particular class of proteins is considered as playing a major role in biology. Glycan-binding is based on multivalence, which gives lectins a unique capacity to interact with surface glycans and significantly contribute to cell-cell recognition and interactions. Lectins have been studied for many years using multiple technologies and part of the resulting information is available online in databases. Unfortunately, the connectivity of these databases with the most popular omics databases (genomics, proteomics, and glycomics) remains limited. Moreover, lectin diversity is extended and requires setting out a flexible classification that remains compatible with new sequences and 3D structures that are continuously released. We have designed UniLectin as a new insight into the knowledge of lectins, their classification, and their biological role. This platform encompasses UniLectin3D, a curated database of lectin 3D structures that follows a periodically updated classification, a set of comparative and visualizing tools and gradually released modules dedicated to specific lectins predicted in sequence databases. The second module is PropLec, focused on β-propeller lectin prediction in all species based on five distinct family profiles. This chapter describes how UniLectin can be used to explore the diversity of lectins, their 3D structures, and associated functional information as well as to perform reliable predictions of β-propeller lectins.
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- François Bonnardel
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CERMAV, Grenoble, France.,Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva, Switzerland.,Computer Science Department, UniGe, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CERMAV, Grenoble, France
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- Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva, Switzerland. .,Computer Science Department, UniGe, Geneva, Switzerland. .,Section of Biology, UniGe, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CERMAV, Grenoble, France.
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Makyio H, Shimabukuro J, Suzuki T, Imamura A, Ishida H, Kiso M, Ando H, Kato R. Six independent fucose-binding sites in the crystal structure of Aspergillus oryzae lectin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 477:477-82. [PMID: 27318092 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.06.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The crystal structure of AOL (a fucose-specific lectin of Aspergillus oryzae) has been solved by SAD (single-wavelength anomalous diffraction) and MAD (multi-wavelength anomalous diffraction) phasing of seleno-fucosides. The overall structure is a six-bladed β-propeller similar to that of other fucose-specific lectins. The fucose moieties of the seleno-fucosides are located in six fucose-binding sites. Although the Arg and Glu/Gln residues bound to the fucose moiety are common to all fucose-binding sites, the amino-acid residues involved in fucose binding at each site are not identical. The varying peak heights of the seleniums in the electron density map suggest that each fucose-binding site has a different carbohydrate binding affinity.
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- Hisayoshi Makyio
- Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Department of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu-shi, Gifu 501-1193, Japan; Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (WPI-iCeMS), Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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- Structural Biology Research Center, Photon Factory, Institute of Materials Structure Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0801, Japan.
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