CLEC3B explained

Tetranectin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLEC3B gene.^[1]

Further reading

• Wewer UM, Albrechtsen R . Tetranectin, a plasminogen kringle 4-binding protein. Cloning and gene expression pattern in human colon cancer. . Lab. Invest. . 67 . 2 . 253–62 . 1992 . 1354271 .
• Berglund L, Petersen TE . The gene structure of tetranectin, a plasminogen binding protein. . FEBS Lett. . 309 . 1 . 15–9 . 1992 . 1511740 . 10.1016/0014-5793(92)80729-Z . 35630722 . free .
• Borregaard N, Christensen L, Bejerrum OW . Identification of a highly mobilizable subset of human neutrophil intracellular vesicles that contains tetranectin and latent alkaline phosphatase. . J. Clin. Invest. . 85 . 2 . 408–16 . 1990 . 2298916 . 10.1172/JCI114453 . 296439 . etal.
• Clemmensen I . Interaction of tetranectin with sulphated polysaccharides and trypan blue. . Scand. J. Clin. Lab. Invest. . 49 . 8 . 719–25 . 1990 . 2533389 . 10.3109/00365518909091550 .
• Clemmensen I, Petersen LC, Kluft C . Purification and characterization of a novel, oligomeric, plasminogen kringle 4 binding protein from human plasma: tetranectin. . Eur. J. Biochem. . 156 . 2 . 327–33 . 1986 . 3009181 . 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1986.tb09586.x .
• Fuhlendorff J, Clemmensen I, Magnusson S . Primary structure of tetranectin, a plasminogen kringle 4 binding plasma protein: homology with asialoglycoprotein receptors and cartilage proteoglycan core protein. . Biochemistry . 26 . 21 . 6757–64 . 1988 . 3427041 . 10.1021/bi00395a027 .
• Wewer UM, Ibaraki K, Schjørring P . A potential role for tetranectin in mineralization during osteogenesis. . J. Cell Biol. . 127 . 6 Pt 1 . 1767–75 . 1995 . 7798325 . 10.1083/jcb.127.6.1767 . 2120295 . etal.
• Nielsen H, Clemmensen I, Kharazmi A . Tetranectin: a novel secretory protein from human monocytes. . Scand. J. Immunol. . 37 . 1 . 39–42 . 1993 . 8418471 . 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1993.tb01662.x . 6469331 .
• Durkin ME, Naylor SL, Albrechtsen R, Wewer UM . Assignment of the gene for human tetranectin (TNA) to chromosome 3p22→p21.3 by somatic cell hybrid mapping. . Cytogenet. Cell Genet. . 76 . 1–2 . 39–40 . 1997 . 9154122 . 10.1159/000134509 .
• Nielsen BB, Kastrup JS, Rasmussen H . Crystal structure of tetranectin, a trimeric plasminogen-binding protein with an alpha-helical coiled coil. . FEBS Lett. . 412 . 2 . 388–96 . 1997 . 9256258 . 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00664-9 . 9290914 . etal. free .
• Kastrup JS, Nielsen BB, Rasmussen H . Structure of the C-type lectin carbohydrate recognition domain of human tetranectin. . Acta Crystallogr. D . 54 . Pt 5 . 757–66 . 1998 . 9757090 . 10.1107/S0907444997016806 . 1998AcCrD..54..757K . etal.
• Jaquinod M, Holtet TL, Etzerodt M . Mass spectrometric characterisation of post-translational modification and genetic variation in human tetranectin. . Biol. Chem. . 380 . 11 . 1307–14 . 2000 . 10614823 . 10.1515/BC.1999.166 . 9060086 . etal.
• Lorentsen RH, Graversen JH, Caterer NR . The heparin-binding site in tetranectin is located in the N-terminal region and binding does not involve the carbohydrate recognition domain. . 347 . Biochem. J. . Pt 1 . 1. 83–7 . 2000 . 10727405 . 10.1042/0264-6021:3470083 . 1220934 . etal.
• Graversen JH, Jacobsen C, Sigurskjold BW . Mutational analysis of affinity and selectivity of kringle-tetranectin interaction. Grafting novel kringle affinity ontp the trtranectin lectin scaffold. . J. Biol. Chem. . 275 . 48 . 37390–6 . 2001 . 10964919 . 10.1074/jbc.M004873200 . etal. free.
• Arvanitis DL, Kamper EF, Kopeikina L . Tetranectin expression in gastric adenocarcinomas. . Histol. Histopathol. . 17 . 2 . 471–5 . 2002 . 11962752 . etal.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH . Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. . 99 . 26 . 16899–903 . 2003 . 12477932 . 10.1073/pnas.242603899 . 139241 . 2002PNAS...9916899M . etal. free .
• Westergaard UB, Andersen MH, Heegaard CW . Tetranectin binds hepatocyte growth factor and tissue-type plasminogen activator. . Eur. J. Biochem. . 270 . 8 . 1850–4 . 2003 . 12694198 . 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03549.x . etal. free .
• Anderson NL, Polanski M, Pieper R . The human plasma proteome: a nonredundant list developed by combination of four separate sources. . Mol. Cell. Proteomics . 3 . 4 . 311–26 . 2004 . 14718574 . 10.1074/mcp.M300127-MCP200 . etal. free .
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA . The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC). . Genome Res. . 14 . 10B . 2121–7 . 2004 . 15489334 . 10.1101/gr.2596504 . 528928 . etal.
• Hermann M, Pirkebner D, Draxl A . In the search of potential human islet stem cells: is tetranectin showing us the way? . Transplant. Proc. . 37 . 2 . 1322–5 . 2005 . 15848710 . 10.1016/j.transproceed.2004.12.050 . etal.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: CLEC3B C-type lectin domain family 3, member B.