| Tissue Specificity | Highly expressed in omental adipose tissue where it is found in stromal vascular cells but not in fat cells but is barely detectable in subcutaneous adipose tissue (at protein level). Highly expressed in the small intestine. Also found in the heart, testis, colon, salivary gland, skeletal muscle, pancreas and thyroid and, to a lesser degree, in the uterus, spleen, prostate, lymph node and thymus. |
| Post Translational Modifications | N-glycosylated. |
| Function | Lectin that specifically recognizes microbial carbohydrate chains in a calcium-dependent manner. Binds to microbial glycans that contain a terminal acyclic 1,2-diol moiety, including beta-linked D-galactofuranose (beta-Galf), D-phosphoglycerol-modified glycans, D-glycero-D-talo-oct-2-ulosonic acid (KO) and 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (KDO). Binds to glycans from Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, including K.pneumoniae, S.pneumoniae, Y.pestis, P.mirabilis and P.vulgaris. Does not bind human glycans. Probably plays a role in the defense system against microorganisms (Probable). May function as adipokine that has no effect on basal glucose uptake but enhances insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in adipocytes. Increases AKT phosphorylation in the absence and presence of insulin. May interact with lactoferrin/LTF and increase its uptake, and may thereby play a role in iron absorption. |
| Protein Name | Intelectin-1Itln-1Endothelial Lectin Hl-1Galactofuranose-Binding LectinIntestinal Lactoferrin ReceptorOmentin |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-6803157 |
| Cellular Localisation | Cell MembraneLipid-AnchorGpi-AnchorSecretedEnriched In Lipid Rafts |
| Alternative Protein Names | Intelectin-1 proteinItln-1 proteinEndothelial Lectin Hl-1 proteinGalactofuranose-Binding Lectin proteinIntestinal Lactoferrin Receptor proteinOmentin proteinITLN1 proteinINTL proteinITLN proteinLFR proteinUNQ640 proteinPRO1270 protein |
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