Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the seed lectin from Parkia platycephala

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of P. platycephala lectin, a Mimosoideae regarded as the most primitive group of Leguminosae plants, are reported. Resolution of this structure will show the arrangement of three tandem beta-prism domains, a novel architecture for a leguminous lectin.