Least hemolytic, 12.6 kDa, plasmin-like fibrinolytic protease from marine Penicillium steckii KU1.

A novel fibrinolytic enzyme, from the marine fungus Penicillium steckii KU1, was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. The fibrinolytic protease was purified to 13.56 times with a specific activity of 57.

A New Galactose-Specific Lectin from .

Background: The ethno-medical significance of genus raises the interest towards the characterization of its seed lectin by inexpensive and most effective technique.

Objective: The focus of this study is the purification, characterization, and evaluation of the antioxidant and antiproliferative potential of a galactose-specific lectin from L. seeds.

Gallic acid binding to Spatholobus parviflorus lectin provides insight to its quaternary structure forming.

Therapeutic effects of gallic acid (GA) have already been extensively studied. However, its interaction with lectins has not gained much attention. It is of interest to validate the binding profile of GA with Spatholobus parviflorus seed lectin.

A profile of protein-protein interaction: Crystal structure of a lectin-lectin complex.

Proteins may utilize complex networks of interactions to create/proceed signaling pathways of highly adaptive responses such as programmed cell death. Direct binary interactions study of proteins may help propose models for protein-protein interaction. Towards this goal we applied a combination of thermodynamic kinetics and crystal structure analyses to elucidate the complexity and diversity in such interactions.