... influence of a1–6 (core)fucosylation on lectin–glycan interaction could also beexamined by comparison between 003 and 015, 101 and 201, 103 and 202, 104 and 203, 301 and 401, 302 and 402, 304 and ... conserved in both N -terminal and C -terminal CRDs in CCA and CRLL, all of these CRDs arelikely to maintain a sugar-binding function. Thus, dis-tribution of a similar type of molecule in taxonomicallyunrelated ... to understand better the physiological functions of lectins in the plant body.From an evolutionary viewpoint, it is of interest toargue the issue of origin of sugar-binding specificitiesof...