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Role of Lectin in Biofilm Inhibition, Haemagglutination, Endocytosis and Phagocytosis

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Lectin embodies an exclusive group of proteins with cosmopolitan distribution in nature, which by selection distinguishes and binds to the carbohydrates reversely and with the glyco conjugates by their specific binding sites. The usage of lectin in vitro or in vivo experiments in a broad range of applications in biotechnology, which includes cell and molecular biology, immunological, pharmacological, purposes and in the area of medicine, clinical and drug delivery systems, is well established. Studies on fish lectins are propelled recently to unravel its role which mediates recognition of the presence of the immune system of fishes with an important role, mainly in innate immune responses. Moreover, these fish lectins also have pivotal roles in the fertilization, embryogenesis and morphogenesis. These lectins are in ranges of various molecular weights, glycosylation and its subunit numbers, binding selectivity of sugars/carbohydrates, and amino acid sequence; also their biological effects include antibacterial, anticancer, immunoregulatory and developmental functions. With the evident of genome and transcriptome studies, the full lectin repertoire will be generated with individual participation in the defensive mechanisms, they directly act as the site of recognition also as an effective factors involved in an innate immunity, but they do not directly act as the adaptive immunological reactions, they play a role in defence activities. However, observations on biological effects/roles of each lectin or its isoforms are the need of the hour to engender novel activity spectrum and applications.

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Nisha, P., Thomas, M., Neelima, T.K. (2022). Role of Lectin in Biofilm Inhibition, Haemagglutination, Endocytosis and Phagocytosis. In: Elumalai, P., Vaseeharan, B., Lakshmi, S. (eds) Aquatic Lectins. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0432-5_13

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