Table 3 Overview of identified tick lectins. Lectins identified in different tick species are listed including the tissue where the lectin was identified. Lectin binding specificity, its function and molecular weight are also listed if known

Galectins (OmGalec)

O. moubata

Haemocytes, midgut, SG, ovaries

Lactosamine-like disaccharides

37.4

Putative functions in tick development, immunity, and vector-pathogen interaction

[221]

Dorin M

O. moubata

Haemocytes

N-acetyl-D-hexosamines and Sialic acid specific

na

Pattern recognition molecules

[214]

OMFREP

O. moubata

Hemolymph, salivary glands

Probably similar to Dorin M

na

Probably similar to Dorin M

[215]

Ixoderin A

I. ricinus

Hemolymph, salivary glands, midgut

Peptidoglycan recognition protein?

na

Putative defence protein, identification of self-/non-self tissues

[215, 219]

Ixoderin B

I. ricinus

Salivary glands

Unknown

na

Unknown putative immunomodulatory function

[215, 219]

Hemelipoglycoprotein

D. marginatus

Haemocytes, salivary glands, gut

Galactose- and mannose-binding specificity

290, 2 subunits

Putative innate immunity

[220]

Unknown lectin

I. ricinus

Gut, hemolymph

Sialic acid, N-acetyl-glucosamine

85

Putative recognition molecule

[233]

Unknown lectin

I. ricinus

SGs

Sialic acid

70

Unknown

[233]

TSLPI

I. scapularis

Unknown

Mannan

na

Unknown

[42]

HICLec

H. longicornis

Midgut, ovary

Unknown

60.2

Unknown

[223]

Serpin 19

A. americanum

Saliva

GAGs

43.0

Serine protease inhibitor

[170]