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Self-Assembly of a Tetrahedral Lectin into Predesigned Diamondlike Protein Crystals |
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| Authors: | Nir Dotan Dorit Arad Felix Frolow Amihay Freeman |
| Abstract: | Binding sites analogous to those of sp 3 carbon are presented by concanavalin A. This lectin has now been cross-linked with a bismannopyranoside which contains the C2 spacer required to form the computer-modeled diamondlike three-dimensional protein lattice shown in the picture. |
| Keywords: | Crystal engineering Lectins Molecular modeling Proteins Supramolecular chemistry |