Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3356144 | Immunology Letters | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The complement system is a protein cascade capable of neutralizing invading pathogens. One of its activation pathways is the lectin pathway which is dependent on the binding of MBL or the ficolins. The specificity of L-ficolin binding has been investigated previously and it was observed that binding is dependent on acetyl groups. If this was the only requirement this would enable L-ficolin to bind to most mammalian glycosylations since they contain acetylated monosaccharides. To investigate this further L-ficolin was subjected to glycan-array analysis in which L-ficolin binding to 279 different glycans was investigated. Few of these bound L-ficolin above background level but clear structural requirements were discovered.
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Authors
Anders Krarup, Daniel A. Mitchell, Robert B. Sim,