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LGALS3 galectin 3 [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

Gene ID: 3958, updated on 1-Oct-2024

Summary

Official Symbol
LGALS3provided by HGNC
Official Full Name
galectin 3provided by HGNC
Primary source
HGNC:HGNC:6563
See related
Ensembl:ENSG00000131981 MIM:153619; AllianceGenome:HGNC:6563
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Homo sapiens
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo
Also known as
L31; GAL3; MAC2; CBP35; GALBP; GALIG; LGALS2
Summary
This gene encodes a member of the galectin family of carbohydrate binding proteins. Members of this protein family have an affinity for beta-galactosides. The encoded protein is characterized by an N-terminal proline-rich tandem repeat domain and a single C-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain. This protein can self-associate through the N-terminal domain allowing it to bind to multivalent saccharide ligands. This protein localizes to the extracellular matrix, the cytoplasm and the nucleus. This protein plays a role in numerous cellular functions including apoptosis, innate immunity, cell adhesion and T-cell regulation. The protein exhibits antimicrobial activity against bacteria and fungi. Alternate splicing results in multiple transcript variants.[provided by RefSeq, Oct 2014]
Annotation information
Note: GeneID 3958 had the official symbol LGALS2 and was identified as the human homolog of mouse Mac-2 (macrophage galactose-specific lectin) in M35368.1 and PMID: 2402511. The official symbol for this gene is now LGALS3. [30 Mar 2010]
Expression
Broad expression in colon (RPKM 302.9), small intestine (RPKM 190.7) and 21 other tissues See more
Orthologs
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Genomic context

See LGALS3 in Genome Data Viewer
Location:
14q22.3
Exon count:
6
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_08 current GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40) 14 NC_000014.9 (55129252..55145430)
RS_2024_08 current T2T-CHM13v2.0 (GCF_009914755.1) 14 NC_060938.1 (49334442..49350620)
RS_2024_09 previous assembly GRCh37.p13 (GCF_000001405.25) 14 NC_000014.8 (55595970..55612148)

Chromosome 14 - NC_000014.9Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124903318 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 8425 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 8345 Neighboring gene P300/CBP strongly-dependent group 1 enhancer GRCh37_chr14:55574032-55575231 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC124903319 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid silent region 5780 Neighboring gene ATAC-STARR-seq lymphoblastoid active region 8427 Neighboring gene Sharpr-MPRA regulatory region 5571 Neighboring gene DLG associated protein 5 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr14:55657493-55658046 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr14:55658047-55658599 Neighboring gene uncharacterized LOC105370508 Neighboring gene H3K27ac hESC enhancer GRCh37_chr14:55662229-55662728

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

Expression

  • Project title: HPA RNA-seq normal tissues HPA RNA-seq normal tissues
  • Description: RNA-seq was performed of tissue samples from 95 human individuals representing 27 different tissues in order to determine tissue-specificity of all protein-coding genes
  • BioProject: PRJEB4337
  • Publication: PMID 24309898
  • Analysis date: Wed Apr 4 07:08:55 2018

Bibliography

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?

HIV-1 interactions

Replication interactions

Interaction Pubs
Knockdown of galectin-3 by shRNA inhibits HIV-1 production in HuT 78 cells and infectivity in primary CD4+ T cells PubMed

Protein interactions

Protein Gene Interaction Pubs
Pr55(Gag) gag Galectin-3 is incorporated into virus particles in the presence of virion-associated Gag PubMed
gag Galectin-3 co-localizes with HIV-1 Gag and Alix, and facilitates the association of Gag with Alix in cells PubMed
Rev rev CBP35 was identified as part of a complex of ribonucleoproteins that bind to RRE RNA, an interaction that is abolished by Rev PubMed
Tat tat HIV-1 Tat upregulates galectin-3 (carbohydrate-binding protein 35; CBP35) expression in an Sp-1 dependent manner PubMed
Vpr vpr HIV-1 Vpr upregulates the gene expression of LGALS3 in human monocyte-derived dendritic cells PubMed
capsid gag Overexpression of galectin-3 enhances HIV-1 production from HIV-1-infected Jurkat cells by measurement of virion-associated CA PubMed
p6 gag Knockdown of Alix by shRNA reduces the association of HIV-1 p6 with galectin-3 in cells PubMed

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Pathways from PubChem

Interactions

Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

Markers

Gene Ontology Provided by GOA

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables IgE binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables IgE binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables RNA binding HDA PubMed 
enables carbohydrate binding EXP
Inferred from Experiment
more info
PubMed 
enables chemoattractant activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables disaccharide binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables laminin binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables laminin binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables molecular condensate scaffold activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables oligosaccharide binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables protein phosphatase binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables protein phosphatase inhibitor activity IC
Inferred by Curator
more info
PubMed 
enables receptor ligand inhibitor activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables signaling receptor inhibitor activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in RNA splicing IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in eosinophil chemotaxis IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in eosinophil chemotaxis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in epithelial cell differentiation IEP
Inferred from Expression Pattern
more info
PubMed 
involved_in innate immune response IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in killing of cells of another organism IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in mRNA processing IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in macrophage chemotaxis IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in macrophage chemotaxis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in monocyte chemotaxis IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in monocyte chemotaxis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in mononuclear cell migration IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of NK T cell activation IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of T cell activation via T cell receptor contact with antigen bound to MHC molecule on antigen presenting cell ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of T cell receptor signaling pathway ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of endocytosis IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in negative regulation of endocytosis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in negative regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of immunological synapse formation ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
PubMed 
involved_in neutrophil chemotaxis IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in neutrophil chemotaxis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive chemotaxis IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in positive chemotaxis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of calcium ion import IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in positive regulation of calcium ion import IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
NOT involved_in positive regulation of dendritic cell differentiation IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of mononuclear cell migration IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of protein localization to plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of protein-containing complex assembly IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in regulation of T cell apoptotic process IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in regulation of T cell proliferation IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
involved_in regulation of extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway via death domain receptors IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in cell surface ISS
Inferred from Sequence or Structural Similarity
more info
 
colocalizes_with collagen-containing extracellular matrix HDA PubMed 
located_in collagen-containing extracellular matrix HDA PubMed 
is_active_in cytoplasm IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in cytoplasm IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in cytosol IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 
located_in extracellular exosome HDA PubMed 
located_in extracellular region HDA PubMed 
located_in extracellular space HDA PubMed 
is_active_in extracellular space IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
is_active_in extracellular space IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in ficolin-1-rich granule membrane TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
is_active_in immunological synapse IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in immunological synapse IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in membrane HDA PubMed 
located_in mitochondrial inner membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in nucleoplasm IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 
is_active_in nucleus IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in nucleus IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
located_in secretory granule membrane TAS
Traceable Author Statement
more info
 
part_of spliceosomal complex IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 

General protein information

Preferred Names
galectin-3
Names
35 kDa lectin
IgE-binding protein
MAC-2 antigen
advanced glycation end-product receptor 3
carbohydrate-binding protein 35
epididymis secretory sperm binding protein
galactose-specific lectin 3
laminin-binding protein
lectin L-29
lectin, galactoside-binding, soluble, 3

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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RefSeqs maintained independently of Annotated Genomes

These reference sequences exist independently of genome builds. Explain

These reference sequences are curated independently of the genome annotation cycle, so their versions may not match the RefSeq versions in the current genome build. Identify version mismatches by comparing the version of the RefSeq in this section to the one reported in Genomic regions, transcripts, and products above.

Genomic

  1. NG_017089.1 RefSeqGene

    Range
    5036..21207
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NM_001357678.2NP_001344607.1  galectin-3 isoform 3

    Status: REVIEWED

    Source sequence(s)
    AB006780, AL139316, BU681070
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q6FGL0, Q6NVH9
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cd00070
    Location:131258
    GLECT; Galectin/galactose-binding lectin. This domain exclusively binds beta-galactosides, such as lactose, and does not require metal ions for activity. GLECT domains occur as homodimers or tandemly repeated domains. They are developmentally regulated and may ...
    cl26386
    Location:23127
    DNA_pol3_gamma3; DNA polymerase III subunits gamma and tau domain III
  2. NM_002306.4NP_002297.2  galectin-3 isoform 1

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_002297.2

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (1) encodes isoform 1.
    Source sequence(s)
    AB006780, BU681070
    Consensus CDS
    CCDS41956.1
    UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    B2RC38, P17931, Q16005, Q6IBA7, Q96J47
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A024R693, Q6FGL0, Q6NVH9
    Related
    ENSP00000254301.9, ENST00000254301.14
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    PRK07764
    Location:9113
    PRK07764; DNA polymerase III subunits gamma and tau; Validated
    cd00070
    Location:117244
    GLECT; Galectin/galactose-binding lectin. This domain exclusively binds beta-galactosides, such as lactose, and does not require metal ions for activity. GLECT domains occur as homodimers or tandemly repeated domains. They are developmentally regulated and may ...

RNA

  1. NR_003225.2 RNA Sequence

    Status: REVIEWED

    Description
    Transcript Variant: This variant (2) has an alternate 5' exon, compared to variant 1. This variant is represented as non-coding because the use of the 5'-most supported translational start codon, as used in variant 1, renders the transcript a candidate for nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD).
    Source sequence(s)
    AL139316, BU681070, BX641090
    Related
    ENST00000556438.6

RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_000001405.40-RS_2024_08

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000014.9 Reference GRCh38.p14 Primary Assembly

    Range
    55129252..55145430
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Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

Genomic

  1. NC_060938.1 Alternate T2T-CHM13v2.0

    Range
    49334442..49350620
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    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

Suppressed Reference Sequence(s)

The following Reference Sequences have been suppressed. Explain

  1. NM_001177388.1: Suppressed sequence

    Description
    NM_001177388.1: This RefSeq was removed because currently there is insufficient support for the transcript and the protein.