Chapter 8

Ability of Diverse Marine Invertebrate Lectins to Regulate Cell Functions

Yasuhiro Ozeki

Yasuhiro Ozeki

Laboratory of Glycobiology and Marine Biochemistry, Department of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of NanoBio Sciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

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Sarkar M. A. Kawsar

Sarkar M. A. Kawsar

Laboratory of Glycobiology and Marine Biochemistry, Department of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of NanoBio Sciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

Laboratory of Carbohydrate and Protein Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh

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Yuki Fujii

Yuki Fujii

Laboratory of Glycobiology and Marine Biochemistry, Department of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of NanoBio Sciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

Division of Functional Morphology, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

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Yukiko Ogawa

Yukiko Ogawa

Division of Microbiology, Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Nagasaki International University, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan

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Shigeki Sugawara

Shigeki Sugawara

Division of Cell Recognition Study, Institute of Molecular Biomembrane and Glycobiology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan

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Imtiaj Hasan

Imtiaj Hasan

Laboratory of Glycobiology and Marine Biochemistry, Department of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of NanoBio Sciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

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Yasuhiro Koide

Yasuhiro Koide

Laboratory of Glycobiology and Marine Biochemistry, Department of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of NanoBio Sciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

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Hidetaro Yasumitsu

Hidetaro Yasumitsu

Expert Laboratory for Life Environments, Department of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of NanoBio Sciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

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Robert A. Kanaly

Robert A. Kanaly

Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Toxicology, Department of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of NanoBio Sciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

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First published: 27 March 2013
Citations: 1

Summary

This chapter describes three aspects of marine invertebrate lectins based on glycomic studies of glycan-binding properties. The first section describes a lectin from the feather star, a close relative of the sea lily, as a molecular device to separate somatic and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells). The second and third sections describe two lectins isolated from Mediterranean mussel and catfish eggs that have identical glycan-binding properties but completely different primary structures and different regulatory effects on Burkitt's lymphoma cells.

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