Decades long studies on plant lectins carried out in this laboratory have contributed substantially to glycobiology and helped in the initiation and development of macromolecular crystallography in India. Subsequently the ...

Lectins are proteins of non-immunologic origin that bind to carbohydrates with high fidelity. They constitute a large class of multivalent recognition molecules that specifically interact with their cognate sugar moieties ...

Lectins are a diverse group of proteins which can recognize different types of carbohydrates specifically and reversibly. Though first characterized in plants, lectins have now been identified in all other forms of life. ...

Biomolecular recognition is a fundamental principle underlying all cellular processes, driven by specific and tightly regulated interactions. This thesis explores the structural basis of recognition mechanisms in two ...