LEG3_HUMAN

Source: hRBCD ; ID: IPI00219220
PM19886704
PM23856902
BSc_CH
PM22954596
Marked as 'Non-membrane protein'
Confidence: high (present in two of the MS resources) Search PubMed for
(RBC AND this entry)

Gene names: LGALS3 , MAC2
Protein names and data: LEG3_HUMAN , Galectin-3; Gal-3 , 35 kDa lectin; Carbohydrate-binding protein 35; CBP 35; Galactose-specific lectin 3; Galactoside-binding protein; GALBP; IgE-binding protein; L-31; Laminin-binding protein; Lectin L-29; Mac-2 antigen Lenght: 250 a.a.
Mass: 26152 Da
fasta formatted sequence

Function: Galactose-specific lectin which binds IgE. May mediate with the alpha-3, beta-1 integrin the stimulation by CSPG4 of endothelial cells migration. Together with DMBT1, required for terminal differentiation of columnar epithelial cells during early embryogenesis (By similarity). In the nucleus: acts as a pre-mRNA splicing factor. Involved in acute inflammatory responses including neutrophil activation and adhesion, chemoattraction of monocytes macrophages, opsonization of apoptotic neutrophils, and activation of mast cells.
Cellular location: Cytoplasm. Nucleus. Secreted. Note=Secreted by a non-classical secretory pathway and associates with the cell surface.
Tissue specificity: A major expression is found in the colonic epithelium. It is also abundant in the activated macrophages. Expressed in fetal membranes.

Genetic variants

Database cross-references

UniProt: P17931
Ensembl: ENST00000254301
MIM: 153619
neXtProt: NX_P17931
Antibodypedia: P17931 (may not find the protein thus also not any antibody)
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