Species Human Entrez 3960 | Human Mouse Ensembl n/a | |
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Aliases LGALS4, GAL4, L36LBP, galectin 4 External IDs MGI: 107536 HomoloGene: 21239 GeneCards: LGALS4 | ||
Galectin-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LGALS4 gene.
The galectins are a family of beta-galactoside-binding proteins implicated in modulating cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. LGALS4 is an S-type lectin that is strongly underexpressed in colorectal cancer. The 323-amino acid LGALS4 protein contains 2 homologous, approximately 150-amino acid carbohydrate recognition domains and all amino acids typically conserved in galectins.
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