A new LDLa domain-containing C-type lectin with bacterial agglutinating and binding activity in amphioxus
Qu Baozhen
Yang Shuangshuang
Ma Zengyu
Gao Zhan
Zhang Shicui
· 2016
期刊名称:
Gene
2016 年
594 卷
2 期
摘要:
Over 1200 C-type lectin gene models have been identified in amphioxus, but only a few of them have been functionally characterized. In this study, we identified a C-type lectin, BjCTL, with domain structure of LDLa-CTLD-EGF_Lam, the first such data in chordates. It was expressed mainly in the notochord and ovary in a tissue-dependent fashion. Recombinant BjCTL was characterized as a typical Ca