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Galectin-8 encodes for a galectin with two homologous carbohydrate-binding regions. A schematic structure of galectin-8 is presented. Each box represents a putative carbohydrate-binding domain, linked by a 32 amino acid-long peptide. Also shown are selected invariant amino acids that are preserved in most of the galectins that have currently been analyzed.
