1. Family of collagenous lectins believed to play an important part in first line defence by binding to viruses and by opsonising yeasts and bacteria.
Contain a collagen like region and a C type lectin domain. Pulmonary surfactant proteins A and D (SP A, SP D), CL 43, serum mannan binding protein (MBP) and conglutinin are all members of the family. Complement C1q is structurally related to the family. Medline, various
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
