Snake venom galactoside-binding lectins: a structural and functional overview

AUTOR(ES)

Sartim, Marco A., Sampaio, Suely V.

FONTE

J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

20/10/2015

RESUMO

AbstractSnake venom galactoside-binding lectins (SVgalLs) comprise a class of toxins capable of recognizing and interacting with terminal galactoside residues of glycans. In the past 35 years, since the first report on the purification of thrombolectin from Bothrops atrox snake venom, several SVgalLs from Viperidae and Elapidae snake families have been described, as has progressive improvement in the investigation of structural/functional aspects of these lectins. Moreover, the advances of techniques applied in protein-carbohydrate recognition have provided important approaches in order to screen for possible biological targets. The present review describes the efforts over the past 35 years to elucidate SVgalLs, highlighting their structure and carbohydrate recognition function involved in envenomation pathophysiology and potential biomedical applications.

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