Protein–carbohydrate interaction

[1] Many of these interactions involved carbohydrates found at the cell surface, as part of a membrane glycoprotein or glycolipid.

[2] Generally, there are two types of protein carbohydrate binding important in biological processes: Lectin and antibody.

Most antibodies have the similar structure except the hypervariable region which is called the antigen binding site.

Just like other organic molecule study, X-ray crystallography is a very useful tool to know the detail information on the interaction between carbohydrate and protein.

[10] Dual polarisation interferometry is a label free analytical technique for measuring interactions and associated conformational changes.

[12] Use of gold and silver nanoparticle probes in resonant light scattering (RLS) gives particular high sensitivity.

Zhenxin Wang and coworker the same principle applied this method to detect the interaction between carbohydrate and protein.