lectins

[Gerard Kleijwegt]

In article <CpMoFx.228F at ns1.nodak.edu>, chambers at badlands.NoDak.edu (Michael A Chambers) writes:
|> has anyone ever used xrcrys to detirmine the confirmation of a lectin?  
|> does anyone have any tips?  how about the conformation of a cyclodextron 
|> or polysacharide?
|> thanks a lot...
|> 

the PDB contains at least the following lectin structures:

1LEC    LECTIN (FOURTH ISOLATED FROM (GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA)) (GS4)
1LED    LECTIN (FOURTH ISOLATED FROM (GRIFFONIA SIMPLICIFOLIA)) COMPLEX WITH LEWIS B HUMAN BLOOD GROUP DETERMINANT (GS4LEB)
1LEM    LECTIN (LENTIL) (HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL FORM)
1LEN    LECTIN (LENTIL) (MONOCLINIC CRYSTAL FORM)
1LTE    LECTIN COMPLEX WITH LACTOSE
2LAL    LENTIL LECTIN
2LTN    PEA LECTIN
1RIN    PEA LECTIN COMPLEX WITH METHYL-3,6-DI-O- (ALPHA-D-MANNOPYRANOSYL)-ALPHA-D-MANNOPYRANOSIDE
1SLT    S-LECTIN (A VERTEBRATE 14 KDA BETA-GALACTOSIDE BINDING PROTEIN) COMPLEX WITH N-ACETYLLACTOSAMINE
7WGA    WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ (ISOLECTIN 1)
1WGC    WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ (ISOLECTIN 1) COMPLEX WITH N-ACETYLNEURAMINYLLACTOSE
9WGA    WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ (ISOLECTIN 2)
2WGC    WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ (ISOLECTIN 2) COMPLEX WITH N-ACETYNEURAMINYLLACTOSE
2CWG    WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ ISOLECTIN 1 COMPLEX WITH T5 SIALOGLYCOPEPTIDE OF GLYCOPHORIN A

--Gerard