Fig. 2.

Ribbon drawing of different lectins based on structural classifications. Crystal structures of amaranthin lectin (A, first member of the amaranthin family, PDB code 1JLX), WGA (B, first isolate of chitin binding lectin family, PDB code 1WGC), pumpkin lectin (C, member of cucurbitaceae phloem lectin family, PDB code 1MIT), jacalin lectin (D, members of jacalin related lectins family, PDB code 1JAC), SBL (E, member of legume lectin family, PDB code 1SBF), Galanthus nivalis agglutinin (GNA) (F, member of mannose binding lectin family, PDB code 1JPC) and ricin (G, member of Type-2 ribose inactivating lectin family, PDB code 2AAI).