Structure of mannose-specific snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) lectin is representative of a new plant lectin family.
Hester, G., Kaku, H., Goldstein, I.J., Wright, C.S.(1995) Nat Struct Biol 2: 472-479
- PubMed: 7664110 
- DOI: 10.1038/nsb0695-472
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1MSA - PubMed Abstract: 
Tetrameric Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (50,000 M(r)) belongs to a super-family of alpha-D-mannose-specific plant bulb lectins known to be potent inhibitors of retroviruses. The 2.3 A crystal structure of this lectin complexed with methyl alpha-D-mannose reveals a novel three-fold symmetric beta-sheet polypeptide fold ...