This mushroom is also undergoing investigation in veterinary patients, specifically dogs with hemangiosarcoma, because it contains a protein -
bound complex sugar which appears to have anti-cancer properties.
A
complex chain of
sugar molecules extracted from pig intestine, heparin
binds to antithrombin, heightening the protein's ability to mop up the enzyme thrombin, which normally kick starts coagulation.
Using an integrative approach that combined electron microscopy on the Env trimer
complex with PGT151 (led by the Ward lab) with the structure of the PGT151 Fab by x-ray crystallography (led by the Wilson lab), the scientists were able to visualize the location of the PGT151 - series
binding site on the Env trimer — which includes a spot on one gp41 protein with two associated
sugars (glycans), a patch on the gp120 protein and even a piece of the adjacent gp41 within the trimer structure — «a very
complex epitope,» said Claudia Blattner, a research associate in the Wilson laboratory at TSRI and member of the IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center who, along with graduate student Jeong Hyun Lee, was a first author of the second paper.
TeeChia's nutrients, including its
complex carbohydrates, fats,
sugars, and protein, are all
bound in their natural plant fiber that requires digestion before these nutrients are released and converted to energy.