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. 2021 Jan 29;11(2):188. doi: 10.3390/biom11020188

Table 7.

Human L-type lectins, their carbohydrate ligands and protein expression in the organs.

Common Name
(HUGO Name if Different)
Gene Symbol Carbohydrate Preferential Affinity Protein Expression in the Organs
Calnexin CANX Non-reducing glucose residues in an oligosaccharide (Glc(Man)9(GlcNAc)2) [118] Adipose and soft tissue, bone marrow and lymphoid tissues, brain, endocrine tissues, female tissues, gastrointestinal tract, kidney and urinary bladder, lung, male tissues, muscle tissues, pancreas, proximal digestive tract, skin
Calreticulin CALR Non-reducing glucose residues in an oligosaccharide (Glc(Man)9(GlcNAc)2) [119] Bone marrow and lymphoid tissues, brain, endocrine tissues, female tissues, gastrointestinal tract, kidney and urinary bladder, lung, male tissues, pancreas, skin
Calreticulin 3 CALR3 a) Testis
Lectin, mannose-binding 1 LMAN1 α-(1-2) mannans with free OH-3, OH-4 and OH-6 [120] Adipose and soft tissue, bone marrow and lymphoid tissues, brain, endocrine tissues, female tissues, gastrointestinal tract, kidney and urinary bladder, lung, male tissues, muscle tissues, pancreas, proximal digestive tract, skin
Lectin, mannose-binding 1 like LMAN1L a) b)
Lectin, mannose-binding 2 LMAN2 High α-(1-2) mannans, Low affinity for d-glucose and N-acetylglucosamine [121] Bone marrow and lymphoid tissues, brain, endocrine tissues, female tissues, gastrointestinal tract, kidney and urinary bladder, lung, male tissues, pancreas
Lectin, mannose-binding 2 like LMAN2L α-(1-2) trimannose [122] Adipose and soft tissue, bone marrow and lymphoid tissues, brain, endocrine tissues, female tissues, gastrointestinal tract, kidney and urinary bladder, lung, male tissues, muscle tissues, pancreas, proximal digestive tract, skin
Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor D1 ADGRD1 a) Adipose and soft tissue, bone marrow and lymphoid tissues, brain, endocrine tissues, female tissues, gastrointestinal tract, kidney and urinary bladder, lung, male tissues, muscle tissues, pancreas, proximal digestive tract, skin
Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor D2 ADGRD2 a) b)
Amyloid P component, serum APCS Heparin, dextran sulfate proteoglycans [123] b)
C-reactive protein CRP Galactose 6-phosphate, Gal-β-(1-3)-GalNAc, Gal-β-(1-4)-GalNAc, Gal-β-(1-4)-Gal-β-(1-4)-GlcNAc, other phosphate-containing ligands [124,125] Liver, gallbladder, soft tissue
Neuronal pentraxin 1 NPTX1 a) Brain, testis
Neuronal pentraxin 2 NPTX2 a) Adrenal gland, brain, pancreas, pituitary gland, testis
Neuronal pentraxin receptor NPTXR a) Brain
Pentraxin 3 PTX3 Heparin [126] b)
Sushi, von Willebrand factor type A, EGF and pentraxin domain containing 1 SVEP1 a) Adipose and soft tissue, bone marrow and lymphoid tissues, brain, endocrine tissues, female tissues, gastrointestinal tract, kidney and urinary bladder, lung, male tissues, muscle tissues, pancreas

a) Carbohydrate moieties recognized by this protein have not been discovered yet. b) Only RNA expression data available in The Human Protein Atlas [16,17] and GeneCards [18] databases.