The Importance of Ch / π Interactions to the Function of Carbohydrate Binding Proteins

Title: The Importance of Ch / π Interactions to the Function of Carbohydrate Binding Proteins

Volume: 9 Issue: 3

Author(s): Michiro Muraki

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Keywords: interaction, carbohydrate binding protein, cbp interaction

Abstract: It is suggested that the interactions between the hydrophobic C-H groups of carbohydrate residues and the p-electron systems of aromatic amino-acid residues play an important role in the ligand-recognition function of carbohydrate-binding proteins. This review focuses on our recent structural and functional studies of human lysozyme and hevein-domain type lectins (wheat-germ agglutinin and Ac-AMP2) aimed at understanding how CH / π interactions are involved in the actual binding events.

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Muraki Michiro, The Importance of Ch / π Interactions to the Function of Carbohydrate Binding Proteins, Protein & Peptide Letters 2002; 9 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866023408751