Tetranectin (TN) is a serum and tissue protein, a C-type lectin, which binds to Ca++. It is a homotrimer of monomers each with a mass of 20 kDa, plasma or serum concentrations of TN are found to be approximately 10 mg/l. In vitro, TN can bind to kringle 4 of plasminogen and enhance the activation of plaminogen to plasmin, catalyzed by tissue plasminogen activator in the presence of poly-D-lysine. TN is best known as a prognostic marker in ovarian cancer. This antibody is specific for amino acids 17-181 of human tetranectin monomer.