Concanavalin domain
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| Concanavalin | |||||||
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 Cartoon representation of the molecular structure of the crystal structure of the human galectin-3 carbohydrate recognition domain (PDB: 1a3k)[1] | |||||||
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| Symbol | Concanavalin | ||||||
| Pfam clan | CL0004 | ||||||
| ECOD | 10.1 | ||||||
| InterPro | IPR013320 | ||||||
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In molecular biology the superfamily concanavalin is named after Concanavalin A (ConA), a well-studied lectin originally extracted from the jack-bean (Canavalia ensiformis). This superfamily includes a diverse range of carbohydrate binding domains and glycosyl hydrolase enzymes that share a common structure.[2]
The superfamily is characterised by a sandwich structure arranged in two sheets with a complex topology.[3]