Biophysical studies on calcium and carbohydrate binding to carbohydrate recognition domain of Gal/GalNAc lectin fromEntamoeba histolytica: insights into host cell adhesion

2016 ◽  
Vol 160 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupali Yadav ◽  
Kuldeep Verma ◽  
Mintu Chandra ◽  
Madhumita Mukherjee ◽  
Sunando Datta
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 801-809 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thisbe K Lindhorst ◽  
Kathrin Bruegge ◽  
Andreas Fuchs ◽  
Oliver Sperling

FimH is a mannose-specific bacterial lectin found on type 1 fimbriae with a monovalent carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD) that is known from X-ray studies. However, binding studies with multivalent ligands have suggested an additional carbohydrate-binding site on this protein. In order to prove this hypothesis, a bivalent glycopeptide ligand with the capacity to bridge two putative carbohydrate binding sites on FimH was designed and synthesized. Anti-adhesion assays with the new bivalent ligand and type 1-fimbriated bacteria have revealed, that verification of the number of carbohydrate binding sites on FimH with a tailor-made bivalent glycopeptide requires further investigation to be conclusive.


2007 ◽  
Vol 282 (38) ◽  
pp. 28246-28255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadashi Satoh ◽  
Nathan P. Cowieson ◽  
Wataru Hakamata ◽  
Hiroko Ideo ◽  
Keiko Fukushima ◽  
...  

VIP36 functions as a transport lectin for trafficking certain high mannose type glycoproteins in the secretory pathway. Here we report the crystal structure of VIP36 exoplasmic/luminal domain comprising a carbohydrate recognition domain and a stalk domain. The structures of VIP36 in complex with Ca2+ and mannosyl ligands are also described. The carbohydrate recognition domain is composed of a 17-stranded antiparallel β-sandwich and binds one Ca2+ adjoining the carbohydrate-binding site. The structure reveals that a coordinated Ca2+ ion orients the side chains of Asp131, Asn166, and His190 for carbohydrate binding. This result explains the Ca2+-dependent carbohydrate binding of this protein. The Man-α-1,2-Man-α-1,2-Man, which corresponds to the D1 arm of high mannose type glycan, is recognized by eight residues through extensive hydrogen bonds. The complex structures reveal the structural basis for high mannose type glycoprotein recognition by VIP36 in a Ca2+-dependent and D1 arm-specific manner.


2002 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 59-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kurt Drickamer ◽  
Andrew J. Fadden

Many biological effects of complex carbohydrates are mediated by lectins that contain discrete carbohydrate-recognition domains. At least seven structurally distinct families of carbohydrate-recognition domains are found in lectins that are involved in intracellular trafficking, cell adhesion, cell–cell signalling, glycoprotein turnover and innate immunity. Genome-wide analysis of potential carbohydrate-binding domains is now possible. Two classes of intracellular lectins involved in glycoprotein trafficking are present in yeast, model invertebrates and vertebrates, and two other classes are present in vertebrates only. At the cell surface, calcium-dependent (C-type) lectins and galectins are found in model invertebrates and vertebrates, but not in yeast; immunoglobulin superfamily (I-type) lectins are only found in vertebrates. The evolutionary appearance of different classes of sugar-binding protein modules parallels a development towards more complex oligosaccharides that provide increased opportunities for specific recognition phenomena. An overall picture of the lectins present in humans can now be proposed. Based on our knowledge of the structures of several of the C-type carbohydrate-recognition domains, it is possible to suggest ligand-binding activity that may be associated with novel C-type lectin-like domains identified in a systematic screen of the human genome. Further analysis of the sequences of proteins containing these domains can be used as a basis for proposing potential biological functions.


Author(s):  
Mattie S. M. Timmer ◽  
Thomas J. Teunissen ◽  
Kristel Kodar ◽  
Amy J. Foster ◽  
Sho Yamasaki ◽  
...  

H. pylori derived cholesteryl glycosides signal through the Carbohydrate Recognition Domain (CRD) of the Macrophage inducible C-type lectin (Mincle).


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