Etymology
| Table of the major lectins | |||||
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| Lectin Symbol | Lectin name | Source | ligand motif | ||
| Mannose binding lectins | |||||
| ConA | Concanavalin A | Canavalia ensiformis | α-D-mannosyl and α-D-glucosyl residues branched α-mannosidic structures (high α-mannose type, or hybrid type and biantennary complex type N-Glycans) |
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| LCH | Lentil lectin | Lens culinaris | Fucosylated core region of bi- and triantennary complex type N-Glycans | ||
| GNA | Snowdrop lectin | Galanthus nivalis | α 1-3 and α 1-6 linked high mannose structures | ||
| Galactose / N-acetylgalactosamine binding lectins | |||||
| RCA | Ricin, Ricinus communis Agglutinin, RCA120 | Ricinus communis | Galβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-R | ||
| PNA | Peanut agglutinin | Arachis hypogaea | Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr (T-Antigen) | ||
| AIL | Jacalin | Artocarpus integrifolia | (Sia)Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr (T-Antigen) | ||
| VVL | Hairy vetch lectin | Vicia villosa | GalNAcα-Ser/Thr (Tn-Antigen) | ||
| N-acetylglucosamine binding lectins | |||||
| WGA | Wheat Germ Agglutinin, WGA | Triticum vulgaris | GlcNAcβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-4GlcNAc, Neu5Ac (sialic acid) | ||
| N-acetylneuraminic acid binding lectins | |||||
| SNA | Elderberry lectin | Sambucus nigra | Neu5Acα2-6Gal(NAc)-R | ||
| MAL | Maackia amurensis leukoagglutinin | Maackia amurensis | Neu5Ac/Gcα2,3Galβ1,4Glc(NAc) | ||
| MAH | Maackia amurensis hemoagglutinin | Maackia amurensis | Neu5Ac/Gcα2,3Galβ1,3(Neu5Acα2,6)GalNac | ||
| Fucose binding lectins | |||||
| UEA | Ulex europaeus agglutinin | Ulex europaeus | Fucα1-2Gal-R | ||
| AAL | Aleuria aurantia lectin | Aleuria aurantia | Fucα1-2Galβ1-4(Fucα1-3/4)Galβ1-4GlcNAc, R2-GlcNAcβ1-4(Fucα1-6)GlcNAc-R1 |
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The name "lectin" is derived from the Latin word legere, meaning, among other things, "to select".(lek'tin)
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