DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating OBBP2 and Lemierre's syndrome

OBBP2 [ENSP00000455510]

Sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin 5; Putative adhesion molecule that mediates sialic-acid dependent binding to cells. Binds equally to alpha-2,3-linked and alpha-2,6-linked sialic acid. The sialic acid recognition site may be masked by cis interactions with sialic acids on the same cell surface; CD molecules

Synonyms:  SIGLEC5,  SIGLEC5p,  hSIGLEC5,  O15389,  SIGLEC5-001 ...

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