LECTIN ? CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTIONS DRIVEN BY DISPERSION

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angličtina
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LECTIN ? CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTIONS DRIVEN BY DISPERSION
Original language description
There are several ways how saccharides may interact with their receptors (e.g. classical hydrogen bonds, through metal ions as Ca(II)). The CH-pi interactions that occur between carbohydrates and aromatic amino-acids are also strongly involved in carbohydrate-recognition process. The strength and importance of the CH-pi carbohydrate-aromatic interaction is recently under heavy discussion among biomolecular scientists. Some of a recognition processes are performed by proteins called lectins, which are able to bind saccharides in a very specific way. In case of the RSL lectin, we have attempted for the first time to quantify how the CH/pi interaction contributes to an overall carbohydrate - protein interaction. We have used an experimental approach, creating single and double point mutants, combined with high level computational methods. Experimentally measured binding affinities were compared with computed carbohydrate-aromatic acid residue interaction energies.
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Publication year
2013
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S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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