<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Microbial F-type lectin domains with affinity for blood group antigens"^^ . "F-type lectins are fucose binding lectins with characteristic fucose binding and calcium binding motifs. Although they occur with a selective distribution in viruses, prokaryotes and eukaryotes, most biochemical studies have focused on vertebrate F-type lectins. Recently, using sensitive bioinformatics search techniques on the non-redundant database, we had identified many microbial F-type lectin domains with diverse domain organizations. We report here the biochemical characterization of F-type lectin domains from Cyanobium sp. PCC 7001, Myxococcus hansupus and Leucothrix mucor. We demonstrate that while all these three microbial F-type lectin domains bind to the blood group H antigen epitope on fucosylated glycans, there are fine differences in their glycan binding specificity. Cyanobium sp. PCC 7001 F-type lectin domain binds exclusively to extended H type-2 motif, Myxococcus hansupus F-type lectin domain binds to B, H type-1 and Lewisb motifs, and Leucothrix mucor F-type lectin domain binds to a wide range of fucosylated glycans, including A, B, H and Lewis antigens. We believe that these microbial lectins will be useful additions to the glycobiologist's toolbox for labeling, isolating and visualizing glycans."^^ . "2017" . . "491" . "3" . . "Elsevier"^^ . . . "Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications"^^ . . . "0006291X" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Sonal"^^ . "Mahajan"^^ . "Sonal Mahajan"^^ . . "T.N.C."^^ . "Ramya"^^ . "T.N.C. Ramya"^^ . . "Ritika"^^ . "Bishnoi"^^ . "Ritika Bishnoi"^^ . . "Aasawari"^^ . "Khairnar"^^ . "Aasawari Khairnar"^^ . . . . . "HTML Summary of #2063 \n\nMicrobial F-type lectin domains with affinity for blood group antigens\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "QR Microbiology"@en . .