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Table 1 Binding specificities of lectins commonly employed to analyze glycosylation

From: Functional glycosylation in the human and mammalian uterus

Abbreviation

Source

Carbohydrate Binding

AAA

Anguilla anguilla

Fucosylated type 1 chains (H1, Lewisa/b)

ALA

Aleuria aurantia

Fucose linked α1-6 to N- acetylchitobiose core of N-glycans

BPA

Bauhinia purpurea

Galβ1-3GalNAc, α-linked GalNAc

Con A

Concanavalia ensiformis

Terminal α-linked mannose; high mannose and biantennary type N-glycans

DBA

Dolichos biflorus

A blood group antigen Terminal α/β-linked GalNAc

DSA

Datura stramonium

N-acetyllactosamine, Linear polylactosaminoglycans

ECA

Erythrina cristagalli

Galβ1-4GlcNAc (lacNAc)

E-PHA

Phaseolus vulgaris

Biantennary/triantennary bisecting type N-glycans

GNA

Galanthus nivalis

High mannose type N-glycans primarily via terminal Manα1-3Man

GS-I

Griffonia simplicifolia

Galα1-3/4Gal, GalNAcα1-3Gal

GS-II

Griffonia simplicifolia

Terminal α/β-linked GlcNAc

LBA

Phaseolus lunatus

A blood group (GalNAcα1-3[Fucα1-2]Gal)

LCA

Lens culinaris

N-glycans with fucose linked α1-6 to the N-acetylchitobiose core

LEA

Lycopersicon esculentum

Polylactosamine sequences

LTA

Tetranogolobus purpureus

H2 antigen, Lewisx, Lewisy

L-PHA

Phaseolus vulgaris

β-1-6 linked lacNAc in tri-/tetraantennary N-glycans

MAL-II

Macckia amurensis

NeuAcα2-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc

MPA

Maclura pomifera

Tn antigen (α-linked GalNAc) or T antigen (Galβ1-3GalNAc)

PNA

Arachis hypogaea

Galβ1-3GalNAc

PSA

Pisum sativum

N-glycans bearing fucose linked α1-6 to the N-acetylchitobiose core

PWM/PAA

Phytolacca americana

Branched polylactosaminoglycans

RCA-I

Ricinus communis

Galβ1-4GlcNAc > Galβ1-3GlcNAc

RCA-II

Ricinus communis

Terminal β-linked Gal or GalNAc

SBA

Glycine max

α-linked GalNAc > α-linked Gal

SJA

Sophora japonica

α/β-linked GalNAc > α/b-linked Gal

SNA

Sambucus nigra

NeuAcα2-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc

STA

Solanum tuberosum

Polylactosamine sequences

UEA-1

Ulex europaeus-1

H2 antigen (Fucα1-2Galβ1-4GlcNAc) Lewisy

VVA

Vicia villosa

GalNAcα1-Ser/Thr and GalNAcα1-3Galβ1-

WFA

Wisteria floribunda

GalNAcα1-6Galβ1-, GalNAcα1-3Galβ1-

WGA

Triticum vulgaris

Multivalent terminal NeuAc, polylactosamine sequences

sWGA

Succinylated WGA

Polylactosamine sequences