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Snake venom galactoside-binding lectins: a structural and functional overview.


ABSTRACT: Snake venom galactoside-binding lectins (SVgalLs) comprise a class of toxins capable of recognizing and interacting with terminal galactoside residues of glycans. In the past 35 years, since the first report on the purification of thrombolectin from Bothrops atrox snake venom, several SVgalLs from Viperidae and Elapidae snake families have been described, as has progressive improvement in the investigation of structural/functional aspects of these lectins. Moreover, the advances of techniques applied in protein-carbohydrate recognition have provided important approaches in order to screen for possible biological targets. The present review describes the efforts over the past 35 years to elucidate SVgalLs, highlighting their structure and carbohydrate recognition function involved in envenomation pathophysiology and potential biomedical applications.

SUBMITTER: Sartim MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4583214 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Snake venom galactoside-binding lectins: a structural and functional overview.

Sartim Marco A MA   Sampaio Suely V SV  

The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases 20150924


Snake venom galactoside-binding lectins (SVgalLs) comprise a class of toxins capable of recognizing and interacting with terminal galactoside residues of glycans. In the past 35 years, since the first report on the purification of thrombolectin from Bothrops atrox snake venom, several SVgalLs from Viperidae and Elapidae snake families have been described, as has progressive improvement in the investigation of structural/functional aspects of these lectins. Moreover, the advances of techniques ap  ...[more]

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