Structure of the mouse galectin-4 N-terminal carbohydrate-recognition domain reveals the mechanism of oligosaccharide recognition
Krejcirikova, V., Pachl, P., Fabry, M., Maly, P., Rezacova, P., Brynda, J.(2011) Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 67: 204-211
- PubMed: 21358051 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1107/S0907444911004082
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3I8T - PubMed Abstract: 
Galectin-4, a member of the tandem-repeat subfamily of galectins, participates in cell-membrane interactions and plays an important role in cell adhesion and modulation of immunity and malignity. The oligosaccharide specificity of the mouse galectin-4 carbohydrate-recognition domains (CRDs) has been reported previously. In this work, the structure and binding properties of the N-terminal domain CRD1 were further investigated and the crystal structure of CRD1 in complex with lactose was determined at 2.1 Å resolution. The lactose-binding affinity was characterized by fluorescence measurements and two lactose-binding sites were identified: a high-affinity site with a K(d) value in the micromolar range (K(d1) = 600 ± 70 µM) and a low-affinity site with K(d2) = 28 ± 10 mM.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, vvi, Prague, Czech Republic.