Table 1.
Lectins used in lectin-based microarray analysis and their key sugar specificity.
| Lectin (source) |
Key sugar specificity | |
|---|---|---|
| SNA (Sambucus nigra) |
 |
Siaα2−6 Gal/GalNAc |
| ConA (Canavalia ensiformis) |
 |
Manα1−6Man, Manα1−3Man, Manα1−2Man, high mannose |
| MAL-I (Maackia amurensis) |
 |
Siaα2−3Galβ1−4GlcNAc |
| MAL-II (Maackia amurensis) |
 |
Siaα2−3Galβ1−3(±Siaα2−6)GalNAc |
| PHA-E (Phaseolus vulgaris) |
 |
di-/triantennary complex type N-glycans with bisecting GlcNAc |
| PHA-L (Phaseolus vulgaris) |
 |
tri-/tetraantennary complex type N-glycans with GlcNAcβ1−6Man |
| WGA (Triticum vulgaris) |
 |
GlcNAcβ1−4GlcNAc, Sia |
| RCA (Ricinus communis) |
 |
Galβ1−4GlcNAc, GalNAc, Gal |
| AAL (Aleuria aurantia) |
 |
Fucα1−6GlcNAc, Fucα1−3(Galβ1−4)GlcNAc |
| PhoSL (Pholiota squarrosa) |
 |
Fucα1−6GlcNAc |
| GNL (Galanthus nivalis) |
 |
Manα1−3Man, high mannose type N-glycans |
| GSL-I (Griffonia simplicifolia) |
 |
Gal, GalNAc |
| PNA (Arachis hypogaea) |
 |
Galβ1−3GalNAc |
| HHL (Hippeastrum hybrid) |
 |
Manα1−3Man, Manα1−6Man, high mannose type N-glycans |
| NPL (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) |
 |
Manα1−6Man, high mannose type N-glycans |
| LCA (Lens culinaris) |
 |
αMan in N-glycans with core fucose, αMan in N-glycans |
Symbolic representation of monosaccharides - Mannose (Man);  - Galactose (Gal); - N-Acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc);   - N-Acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc);  - Fucose (Fuc);  - N-Acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac, Sia). | ||