Atomic-resolution crystal structures of the immune protein conglutinin from cow reveal specific interactions of its binding site with N-acetylglucosamine.
(2019)
Journal Article
Paterson, J. M., Shaw, A. J., Burns, I., Dodds, A. W., Prasad, A., Reid, K. B., …Shrive, A. K. (2019). Atomic-resolution crystal structures of the immune protein conglutinin from cow reveal specific interactions of its binding site with N-acetylglucosamine. Journal of biological chemistry, 294(45), 17155-17165. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA119.010271
Bovine conglutinin is an immune protein that is involved in host resistance to microbes and parasites and interacts with complement component iC3b, agglutinates erythrocytes, and neutralizes influenza A virus. Here, we determined the high-resolution... Read More about Atomic-resolution crystal structures of the immune protein conglutinin from cow reveal specific interactions of its binding site with N-acetylglucosamine..