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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Lectins > Lectins, C-Type > Collectins

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Collectins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Collagenous Lectins
  • Collectin
  • Lectins, Collagenous

Scope note

  • A class of C-type lectins that target the carbohydrate structures found on invading pathogens. Binding of collectins to microorganisms results in their agglutination and enhanced clearance. Collectins form trimers that may assemble into larger oligomers. Each collectin polypeptide chain consists of four regions: a relatively short N-terminal region, a collagen-like region, an alpha-helical coiled-coil region, and carbohydrate-binding region.

History note

  • 2003; use COLLECTINS (NM) 1980-2002

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D037222

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