title: Molecular diversity and evolution of the Siglec family of cell-surface lectins.
abstract: Sialic acids are a family of acidic sugars with a 9-carbon backbone, prominently expressed in animals of deuterostome lineage. Siglecs are the largest family of vertebrate endogenous receptors that recognize glycoconjugates containing sialic acids. Although a few Siglecs are well-conserved throughout vertebrate evolution and show similar binding preference regardless of the species of origin, most others, particularly the CD33-related subfamily of Siglecs, show marked inter-species differences in repertoire, sequence, and binding preference. The diversification of CD33-related Siglecs may be driven by direct competition against pathogens, and/or by necessity to catch up with the changing landscape of endogenous glycans, which may in turn be changing to escape exploitation by other pathogens.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. takashi-angata@aist.go.jp
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Angata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D040481:Genome Components; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D063268:Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3; D063265:Sialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like Lectins
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic; C571163:CD33 protein, human; C571165:Cd33 protein, mouse; D037102:Lectins; D063268:Sialic Acid Binding Ig-like Lectin 3; D063265:Sialic Acid Binding Immunoglobulin-like Lectins; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid