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. 2016 Jul 27;15(10):3139–3153. doi: 10.1074/mcp.M116.059774

Table I. Lectin origin and nominal oligosaccharide binding specificities according to CFG oligosaccharide array public data. Man: Mannose; LacNAc: N-acetyllactosamine; GlcNAc: N-acetylglucosamine; Fuc: Fucose; Gal: Galactose; GalNAc: N-acetylgalactosamine; Neu5Ac: N-acetylneuraminic acid; Thr: Threonine; Ser: Serine.

Abbreviation Origin Binding specificity
ConA Concanavalia ensiformis α-linked Man, branched and terminal
LCA Lens Culinaris Core fucosylated terminal LacNAc, Man, GlcNAc
PSA Pisum sativum Core fucosylated terminal LacNAc, Man, GlcNAc
GNL Galanthus nivalis Man
AAL Aleuria aurantia Fuc-α-(1,6)-GlcNAc; Fuc-α-(1,3)-Gal-β-(1,4)-GlcNAc
UEA-I Ulex europaeus Fuc-α-(1–2)-LacNAc
PHA-E Phaseolus vulgaris Biantennary complex N-linked glycans
PHA-L Phaseolus vulgaris Tri- and tetra-antennary complex oligosaccharides
sWGA Triticum vulgaris GlcNAc
(succinylated WGA)
Jacalin Artocarpus integrifolia GlcNAc-β-(1,3)-Gal; Gal-β-(1,3)-GalNAc-α-Thr/Ser
WGA Triticum vulgaris GlcNAc; Neu5Ac
GSL-II Griffonia simplicifolia GlcNAc
SBA Soybean Terminal GalNAc
DBA Dolichos biflorus α-GalNAc
VVL Vicia villosa Terminal GalNAc
GSL-I Griffonia simplicifolia α-GalNAc; GalNAc α-Thr/Ser; α-Gal
MAL-II Maackia amurensis Neu5Ac-α(2,3)-Gal(NAc); sulfated glycans
MAL-I Maackia amurensis LacNAc; Neu5Ac-α-(2,3)-Gal(NAc)
SNA-I Sambucus nigra Neu5Ac-α-(2,6)-Gal(NAc)
PNA Arachis hypogea Gal-β-(1,3)-GalNAc-α-Thr/Ser
RCA120 Ricinus communis LacNAc
ECL Erythrina cristagalli LacNAc