Table 1 Lectins and their known specificities.

From: Ligand binding and partial characterization of sex-specifically expressed lipocalins of submandibular and lacrimal glands of Syrian hamsters

Lectin/agglutinin

Specificity

GNA (Galanthus nivalis)

α1–3 and α1–6 linked mannose of high mannose or hybrid glycan structures

SNA (Sambucus nigra)

Neu5Acα2-6Gal, Neu5Acα2-6GalNAc

MAA (Maackia amurensis)

Neu5Acα2-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc

DSA (Datura stramonium)

Galβ1-4GlcNAc (N-acetyllactosamine) and their oligomers

PNA (Peanut agglutinin)

Galβ1-3GalNAc (O-linked glycans)

WGA (Wheat germ agglutinin)

GlcNAcβ1-4GlcNAc, Neu5Ac (Sialic acid)

Con A (Concanavalin A)

α-D- mannose and α-D-glucose residues, branched α-mannosidic structures (high α-mannose types, hybrid and biantennary complex types of N-glycans)

JAC (Jacalin)

(Neu5Ac) Galβ1-3GalNAc, Galβ1-3GalNAc (O-linked glycans)

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