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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 22.
Published in final edited form as: Proteomics Clin Appl. 2012 Jun;6(5-6):244–256. doi: 10.1002/prca.201100042

Table 2.

Lectins and their carbohydrate specificities.

Lectin Specificity
Concanavalin A (Con A) mannose, glucose, galactose
Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) N-acetylglucosamine, sialic acid
Peanet agglutinin (PNA) Gal-Gal-Nac
M. amurensis agglutinin (MAL1) Sialic acid
E. cristagalli agglutinin (ECL) Galβ1–4GlcNAc
A aurantia lectin (AAL) Fucα1–2Galβ1
U. europaeus agglutinin (UEA) Fucose