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Aquatic Lectins: Biological Recognition Molecules

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Lectins are water-soluble and they have a role in recognition at the cellular and molecular level and play several roles in biological recognition phenomena involving cells. They also mediate attachment and binding of bacteria, viruses, and fungi to their intended targets. They found in many foods such as beans and grains. They regulate glycoprotein synthesis in animals and also regulate blood protein levels. Lectins play important role in innate immunity. Lectins are mediate pathogen recognition in fish immune system with important roles in innate immune response. Recently, animal lectin families that have already been identified and most of them occur in fish such as galectins, Pentraxins, and l-rhamnose. The structural and functional characterization of fish lectins has been approached and these studies reinforce the role of lectins in innate immune system in these animals. This chapter deals with aquatic lectins and their structural properties, animal lectins, marine and fresh water invertebrate lectins, and fish lectins.

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Ramasubramanian, V., Priyadarisini, V.B. (2022). Aquatic Lectins: Biological Recognition Molecules. In: Elumalai, P., Vaseeharan, B., Lakshmi, S. (eds) Aquatic Lectins. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0432-5_2

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