细胞凝集素的生物学特性及应用研究进展

Review on Biological Characteristic and Application of the Lectin

细胞凝集素(Lectin)是一类具有糖结合专一性,可促使细胞凝集的蛋白质,由于它对糖的特异结合性决定了它在动植物体内具有重要而特殊的生物学功能.利用这些功能,凝集素在临床疾病防治、机体生理活动调控以及生物工程等方面展示出了十分广阔的应用前景.

Lectin is a kind of protein that has the characteristic of combining with carbohydrate. This distinguishing peculiarity has special biological functions in the body of animals or plants. With these functions,it has a vast range of applications in many research areas such as clinical prevention and treatment of disease, regulation and control of physiology activities of organism and biological engineering.