Editing Lectin (section)

==Etymology==
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! colspan=4 |'''Table of the major plant lectins''' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.interchim.fr/ft/M/MS902z.pdf |title=Lectin list |publisher=Interchim |year=2010 |access-date=2010-05-05}}</ref>
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!&nbsp; Lectin Symbol !! Lectin name !! Source !! Ligand motif
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!colspan=6 |'''[[Mannose]]-binding lectins'''
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|'''ConA'''   ||[[Concanavalin A]]   ||''[[Canavalia ensiformis]]''   ||α-D-mannosyl and α-D-glucosyl residues <br />
branched α-mannosidic structures (high α-mannose type, or hybrid type and biantennary complex type N-Glycans)
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|'''LCH'''   ||Lentil lectin     ||''[[Lens culinaris]]''   ||Fucosylated core region of bi- and triantennary complex type N-Glycans
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|'''GNA'''   ||Snowdrop lectin  ||''[[Galanthus nivalis]]''   ||α 1-3 and α 1-6 linked high mannose structures
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!colspan=4 |'''[[Galactose]] / [[N-acetylgalactosamine]] binding lectins'''
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|'''RCA'''   ||[[Ricin]], ''Ricinus communis ''agglutinin, RCA120  ||''[[Ricinus communis]]''   ||Galβ1-4GalNAcβ1-R
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|'''PNA'''   ||[[Peanut agglutinin]]    ||''[[Arachis hypogaea]]''   ||Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr (T-Antigen)
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|'''AIL'''   ||[[Jacalin]]   ||''[[Artocarpus integrifolius]]''   ||(Sia)Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr (T-Antigen)
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|'''VVL'''   ||Hairy vetch lectin   ||''[[Vicia villosa]]''   ||GalNAcα-Ser/Thr (Tn-Antigen)
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!colspan=4 |'''[[N-acetylglucosamine]] binding lectins'''
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|'''WGA'''   ||[[Wheat germ agglutinin]]  ||''[[Wheat|Triticum vulgaris]]''   ||GlcNAcβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-4GlcNAc, Neu5Ac (sialic acid)
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!colspan=4 |'''[[N-acetylneuraminic acid]] binding lectins'''
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|'''SNA '''   ||Elderberry lectin   ||''[[Sambucus nigra]]''   ||Neu5Acα2-6Gal(NAc)-R
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|'''MAL'''   ||Maackia amurensis leukoagglutinin  ||''[[Maackia amurensis]]''   ||Neu5Ac/Gcα2,3Galβ1,4Glc(NAc)
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|'''MAH'''   ||Maackia amurensis hemoagglutinin  ||''Maackia amurensis''   ||Neu5Ac/Gcα2,3Galβ1,3(Neu5Acα2,6)GalNac
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!colspan=4 |'''[[Fucose]] binding lectins'''
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|'''UEA'''   ||Ulex europaeus agglutinin  ||''[[Ulex europaeus]]''   ||Fucα1-2Gal-R
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|'''AAL'''   ||Aleuria aurantia lectin ||''[[Aleuria aurantia]]''   ||Fucα1-2Galβ1-4(Fucα1-3/4)Galβ1-4GlcNAc, <br />
R2-GlcNAcβ1-4(Fucα1-6)GlcNAc-R1
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[[William C. Boyd]] alone and then together with Elizabeth Shapleigh<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Boyd, W.C. |author2=Shapleigh, E. |date=1954 |title=Specific precipitation activity of plant agglutinins (lectins). |journal=Science |volume=119 |issue=3091 |page=419 |doi=10.1126/science.119.3091.419 |pmid=17842730 |bibcode=1954Sci...119..419B}}</ref> introduced the term "lectin" in 1954 from the Latin word ''lectus'', "chosen" (from the verb ''legere'', to choose or pick out).<ref>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2559.1985.tb02790.x |pmid=4085980 |title=The use of lectins in histopathology |journal=Histopathology |volume=9 |issue=10 |pages=1121–1124 |year=2007 |last1=Walker |first1=R. |s2cid=24989148}}</ref>