Table 4.

Carbohydrate specificity of purified lectins from red algae

Red algae	Carbohydrate/glycoprotein specificity	Reference(s)
Aglaothamnion callophyllidicola	Fetuin and asialofetuin	Shim et al. (2012)
Bryothamnion seaforthii	Fetuin, mucin and avidin	Ainouz et al. (1995)
B. triquetrum	Fetuin, mucin and avidin	Ainouz et al. (1995)
B. triquetrum	N-glycans and core α1,6-fucosylated octasaccharide	Nascimento et al. (2015)
Carpopeltis flabellata	Transferrin, fetuin, α1-acid glycoprotein, asialofetuin and yeast mannan	Hori et al. (1987)
Enantiocladia duperreyi	N-acetyl-d-galactosamine, d-galactosamine, o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside, lactulose, lactose, β-lactose, d-melibiose, p-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactopiranoside, p-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopiranoside, d-fucose, methyl-α-d-galactopiranoside, d-galactose, d-raffinose, methyl-β-d-galactopiranoside and porcine stomach mucin	Benevides et al. (1998)
Eucheuma amakusaensis	α1-Acid glycoprotein, BSA, mucin, γ-globulin (bovine), fetuin, asialofetuin, ovalbumin, IgM (mouse), thyrogloblin and yeast mannan	Kawakubo et al. (1997), Kawakubo et al. (1999)
E. cottonii	α1-Acid glycoprotein, BSA, mucin, γ-globulin (bovine), fetuin, asialofetuin, ovalbumin, IgM (mouse), thyrogloblin and yeast mannan	Kawakubo et al. (1999)
E. serra	High-mannose type (HM) N-glycans	Hori et al. (2007)
Georgiella confluens	Fetuin and porcine stomach mucin	De Souza et al. (2007), Souza et al. (2010)
Gracilaria cornea	Fetuin and porcine stomach mucin	Lima et al. (2005)
G. ornata	Asialofetuin, lactotransferrin, porcine stomach mucin, bovine thyroglobulin and porcine thyroglobulin	Leite et al. (2005)
G. tikvahiae	N-acetylneuraminic acid, α-acid glycoprotein, asialofetuin, fetuin, lactoferrin, ovomucoid, asialo bovine submaxillary mucin, bovine submaxillary mucin, human transferring, fetuin glycopeptide A, glycopeptide B and lactoferrin glycopeptide I	Chiles and Bird (1990)
G. verrucosa	Asialofetuin, fetuin and thyroglobulin	Kakita et al. (1997)
Hypnea cervicornis	d-glucose, d-mannose, d-galactose, methyl-α-d-galactopyranoside, l-fucose, N-acetyl d-galactosamine, N-acetyl d-glucosamine, lactulose, carrageenan, fucoidan, human serotransferrin, desialylated human serotransferrin, α1 acid glycoprotein, desialylated α1 acid glycoprotein, human lactotransferrin, desialylated human lactotransferrin, hen ovomucoid, hen ovalbumin, porcine thyroglobulin, desialylated porcine thyroglobulin, bovine lactotransferrin, desialylated bovine lactotransferrin, bovine fetuine, bovine asialofetuin, bovine submaxillary mucin, porcine stomach mucin, ovine submaxillary mucin and desialylated ovine submaxillary mucin	Nagano et al. (2005)
H. cervicornis	Porcine stomach mucin	Nascimento et al. (2006)
H. japonica	Fetuin, α1-acid glycoprotein and ovomucoid	Hori et al. (1986a)
H. japonica	Glycoproteins bearing complex-type N-glycans (transferrin, fetuin and K1-acid glycoprotein) or O-glycans (fetuin and mucin), their desialylated forms and the glycopeptide prepared from asialofetuin	Hori et al. (1996b, 2000)
H. japonica	Core α1-6 fucosylated N-glycans and glycoprotein containing core (α1-6) fucose	Okuyama et al. (2009)
H. musciformis	d-glucose, d-mannose, d-galactose, methyl-a-d-galactopyranoside, l-fucose, N-acetyl d-galactosamine, N-acetyl d-glucosamine, lactulose, carrageenan, fucoidan, human serotransferrin, desialylated human serotransferrin, α1 acid glycoprotein, desialylated α1 acid glycoprotein, human lactotransferrin, desialylated human lactotransferrin, hen ovomucoid, hen ovalbumin, porcine thyroglobulin, desialylated porcine thyroglobulin, bovine lactotransferrin, desialylated bovine lactotransferrin, bovine fetuine, bovine asialofetuin, bovine submaxillary mucin, porcine stomach mucin, ovine submaxillary mucin and desialylated ovine submaxillary mucin	Nagano et al. (2005)
Kappaphycus striatum	Fetuin, yeast mannan, porcine thyroglobulin, asialo-porcine thyroglobulin, bovine thyroglobulin, asialo-bovine thyroglobulin, bovine submaxillary mucin and asialo-bovine submaxillary mucin	Hung et al. (2011)
Palmaria palmata	N-acetylneuraminic acid and d-glucuronic acid	Kamiya et al. (1982)
Pterocladiella capillacea	Avidin and porcine stomach mucin	Oliveira et al. (2002)
P. capillacea	Mucin	Silva et al. (2010)
Ptilota filicina	p-Nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-α-d-galactoside, p-nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-β-d-galactoside, o-nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-α-d-galactoside, o-nitrophenyl-β-d-fucoside, p-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactoside, p-nitrophenyl-β-d-fucoside, p-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactoside, o-nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-β-d-galactoside, o-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactoside, o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactoside, lactose, N-acetyl-galactosamine, melibiose, d-galactose, methyl-α-d-galactoside, galactosamine-HCl, methyl-β-d-galactoside, raffinose, 2-deoxy-d-galactose, d-fucose, lactulose, fucoidan, porcine stomach mucin, asialo bovine mucin and bovine submaxillary gland mucin	Sampaio et al. (1998)
P. plumosa	p-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactoside, p-nitrophenyl-α-d-glucoside, p-nitrophenyl-β-d-fucoside, d-glucose, d-fucose, methyl-α-d-galactoside, p-nitropheyl-β-d-galactoside, p-nitrophenyl-β-d-glucoside, d-galactose, l-fucose, o-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactoside, o-nitrophenyl-β-d-fucoside, 2-deoxy-d-glucose, methyl-β-d-galactoside, d-arabinose, melibiose, raffinose, α-lactose, o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactoside, lactulose, glucosamine-HCl, rhamnose and N-acetyl-glucosamine	Sampaio et al. (2002)
P. serrata	o-Nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-α-d-galactoside, p-nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-β-d-galactoside, lactose, o-nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-β-d-galactoside, p-nitrophenyl-N-acetyl-α-d-galactoside, p-nitrophenyl-β-d-fucoside, o-nitrophenyl-β-d-fucoside, N-acetyl-galactosamine, methyl-α-d-galactoside, methyl-β-d-galactoside, d-galactose, melibiose, d-fucose, o-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactoside, p-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactoside, galactosamine-HCl, raffinose, lactulose, o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactoside, p-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactoside, 2-deoxy-d-galactose, fucoidan, porcine stomach mucin, asialo bovine mucin, asialofetuin and bovine submaxillary gland mucin	Sampaio et al. (1999)
Solieria chordalis	Fetuin, bovine submaxillary gland mucin, porcine mucin, α-d(+)-melibiose and human MN sialoglycoprotein	Rogers and Toplis (1983)
S. filiformis	Mannose oligosaccharides	Chaves et al. (2017)
S. robusta	Fetuin, asialotransferrin, asialofetuin, asialo-α-acid glycoprotein, yeast mannan, ovalbumin, glycopeptide-fraction from fetuin and N-glycopeptide from yeast mannan	Hori et al. (1988a)
S. robusta	Complex and high-mannose N-glycans	Hori et al. (1996b)
Tichocarpus crinitus	Porcine stomach mucin and fetuin	Molchanova et al. (2010)
Vidalia obtusiloba	N-acetyl-galactosamine, d-galactosamine, d-galactose, α-lactose and porcine stomach mucin	Melo et al. (2004)