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C-type lectin-like domains

Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 1999
Carbohydrate-recognition domains of C-type (Ca2+-dependent) animal lectins serve as prototypes for an important family of protein modules. Only some domains in this family bind Ca2+ or sugars. A comparison of recent structures of C-type lectin-like domains reveals diversity in the modular fold, particularly in the region associated with Ca2+ and sugar ...
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The C-Type Lectin Receptors

C-type lectins (CTLs) form a broad and diverse protein superfamily with the ability to identify a wide array of ligands with their characteristic C-type lectin-like domains (CTLDs), thus governing a broad spectrum of physiological functions. CTLD-containing proteins (CTLDcps) are now classified into 17 groups based on their phylogeny and overall domain
Kasturi, Ganguly, Taruna, Madan
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C-type Lectins in Immunity to Lung Pathogens

2020
The respiratory tract is tasked with responding to a constant and vast influx of foreign agents. It acts as an important first line of defense in the innate immune system and as such plays a crucial role in preventing the entry of invading pathogens.
Raymond, Benjamin, Neyrolles, Olivier, Rombouts, Yoann   +2 more
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Insect C-type lectins in innate immunity

Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 2018
C-type lectins (CTLs) are a family of proteins that contain characteristic modules of carbohydrate-recognition domains (CRDs) and they possess the binding activity to ligands in a calcium-dependent manner. CTLs play important roles in animal immune responses, and in insects, they are involved in opsonization, nodule formation, agglutination ...
Xiaofeng Xia, Minsheng You, Xiang-Jun Rao, Xiao-Qiang Yu   +3 more
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The C‐type lectin superfamily in the immune system

Immunological Reviews, 1998
Summary: Protein‐carbohydrate interactions serve multiple functions in the immune system. Many animal lectins (sugar‐binding proteins) mediate both pathogen recognition and cell‐cell interactions using structurally related Ca2+‐dependent carbohydrate‐recognition domains (C‐type CRDs).
W I, Weis, M E, Taylor, K, Drickamer
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C-Type Lectins Family

2012
Historically the C-Type lectins (CLEC) or C-type lectin receptors (CLR) form a family of Ca2+ dependent carbohydrate binding proteins which have a common sequence motif of 115–130 amino acid residues, referred to as the carbohydrate recognition domain (CRD). The C-type designation is from their requirement for calcium for binding.
Anita Gupta, G. S. Gupta
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Role of C-Type Lectins in Mycobacterial Infections

Current Drug Targets, 2008
Worldwide clinical cases due to multi drug- and extensively drug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) are increasing making the need for new therapies more critical than ever. A major obstacle for designing new drugs to treat mycobacterial infections is our limited knowledge of the interface between the bacillus (especially M.tb) and ...
J B, Torrelles, A K, Azad, L N, Henning, T K, Carlson, L S, Schlesinger   +4 more
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A Family of C-Type Lectins in Manduca sexta

2001
Insects have a rapid and effective immune system against microbial infections (Gillespie et al., 1997) that shares common characteristics with the innate immune system of vertebrates. It also consists of humoral and cellular responses. In the cellular responses such as phagocytosis, nodule formation and encapsulation, hemocytes play important roles. In
X Q, Yu, M R, Kanost
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Classification of C‐Type Lectins and Recognition of Pathogens

Microbiology and Immunology
ABSTRACT C‐type lectins are calcium‐dependent glycan‐binding proteins that play key roles in the innate immune response by recognizing pathogens. Soluble C‐type lectins agglutinate and neutralize pathogens, activate the complement system, and promote pathogen clearance via opsonization.
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Immunobiology of C-Type Lectin Receptors

2013
C-type lectin receptors (CLRs) that signal via the kinase Syk are an important class of pattern recognition receptors in the innate immune system. They recognize pathogen- and host-derived danger signals, and are best known for their role in antifungal immunity.
Susanne Roth, Christina Thomas, Jürgen Ruland   +2 more
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