Gene Information
Gene NameLGALS7
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length136
Protein NamesGalectin-7 (Gal-7) (HKL-14) (PI7) (p53-induced gene 1 protein)
Target Namegalectin-7
Target TypeNA
Gene Age244 ( ENSG00000205076 )
3 ( ENSG00000283082 )
Evolutionary StageMammalia
AlphaFoldDBP47929
Gene CardLGALS7;LGALS7B
Uniprot IDP47929
PfamPF00337
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.927952174)
Ortholog in AnimalsMouse_ Lgals7 ( ortholog_one2many )
Rat_ Lgals7 ( ortholog_one2many )
OhnologsLGALS3
ParalogsLGALSL, GRIFIN, LGALS3, LGALS1, LGALS4, LGALS12, LGALS8, LGALS2, LGALS13, LGALS14, LGALS16, LGALS9B, LGALS9, LGALS9C, CLC, LGALS7B
Tissueskin, lower.leg.skin, suprapubic.skin
Tissue SpecificityMainly expressed in stratified squamous epithelium.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 1BKZ  (X-ray  1.90A  2GAL  (X-ray  2.00A  3GAL  (X-ray  1.90A  3ZXE  (X-ray  1.67A  3ZXF  (X-ray  1.38A  4GAL  (X-ray  1.95A  4UW3  (X-ray  1.48A  4UW4  (X-ray  1.77A  4UW5  (X-ray  2.04A  4UW6  (X-ray  1.79A  4XBQ  (X-ray  2.23A  4Y26  (X-ray  2.61A  5GAL  (X-ray  2.00A  5H9Q  (X-ray  1.93A  5H9S  (X-ray  1.82A  6VTO  (X-ray  1.69A  6VTP  (X-ray  2.30A  6VTQ  (X-ray  1.95A  6VTR  (X-ray  2.30A  6VTS  (X-ray  1.90A 
DBSNP NA 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11706006}. Nucleus {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11706006}. Secreted {ECO:0000305}. Note=May be secreted by a non-classical secretory pathway.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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