Properties of a crystal of the complex of methyl D-arabinofuranoside with concanavalin A.

The complex of methyl α-d-arabinofuranoside with concanavalin A crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P21221 with cell dimensions a = 97.5, b = 87.0 and c = 61.5 A. The asymmetric unit contains one dimer and the unit cell consists of two tetrahedral clusters of point-group symmetry 222. The crystals diffract to 2.0 A resolution.