Table 1.

Viral protein glycan structure, function and host glycoprotein interaction

Virus protein	Glycan structure	Role	Host glycoprotein	Refs
Influenza HA	High mannose	Attachment	MBL	[64]
	GlcNAc	Release	SP-D	72, 73
		Glycan shield?	MMR	[52]
			Gp340	74, 75
HIV-1 gp120	High mannose	Attachment	MBL	76, 77
	Hybrid	Glycan shield	SP-D	[67]
	Sialic acid		DC-SIGN	46, 78
			DC-SIGNR	[46]
			MMR	[53]
Hepatitis C virus E1, E2	High mannose	Infectivity	DC-SIGN	[79]
		Entry	L-SIGN	[55]
West Nile virus E	High mannose	Replication	DC-SIGN	57, 80
	Fucose	Neuroinvasion	DC-SIGNR
SARS-CoV S, M	High mannose	Assembly	LSECtin	59, 62
	Hybrid	Attachment	DC-SIGN
	GalNAc
Ebola GP	High mannose	Infectivity	DC-SIGN	[58]
			DC-SIGNR