Banana lectin

Patent Granted BanLec (also BanLec-I or Banana lectin) is a lectin from the jacalin-related lectin family isolated from the fruit of the bananas Musa acuminata[1] and Musa balbisiana.[2] BanLec is one of the predominant proteins in the pulp of ripe bananas[3] and has binding specificity for mannose and mannose-containing oligosaccharides.[2] A 2010 study reported that BanLec was a potent inhibitor of HIV replication.