Tissue Specificity | Plasma protein produced mainly in the liver. |
Function | Calcium-dependent lectin involved in innate immune defense. Binds mannose, fucose and N-acetylglucosamine on different microorganisms and activates the lectin complement pathway. Binds to late apoptotic cells, as well as to apoptotic blebs and to necrotic cells, but not to early apoptotic cells, facilitating their uptake by macrophages. May bind DNA. Upon SARS coronavirus-2/SARS-CoV-2 infection, activates the complement lectin pathway which leads to the inhibition SARS-CoV-2 infection and a reduction of the induced inflammatory response. |
Protein Name | Mannose-Binding Protein CMbp-CCollectin-1Mbp1Mannan-Binding ProteinMannose-Binding Lectin |
Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-166662Reactome: R-HSA-166663Reactome: R-HSA-9705671 |
Cellular Localisation | Secreted |
Alternative Protein Names | Mannose-Binding Protein C proteinMbp-C proteinCollectin-1 proteinMbp1 proteinMannan-Binding Protein proteinMannose-Binding Lectin proteinMBL2 proteinCOLEC1 proteinMBL protein |
Information sourced from Uniprot.org