LAMP-2/CD107b

LAMP-2 (CD107b) is the second major lysosome-associated membrane glycoprotein and, like LAMP-1, carries bulky poly-lactosamine chains that shield the lysosomal membrane. A splice variant exposed at the cell surface serves as a receptor for chaperone-mediated autophagy, guiding cytosolic proteins bearing a KFERQ-like motif into lysosomes for degradation. Germline LAMP2 mutations cause Danon disease, an X-linked vacuolar cardiomyopathy with skeletal myopathy and variable intellectual disability. In immunology, CD107b marks degranulating cytotoxic lymphocytes together with CD107a and is enriched on macrophages, supporting its use as a histiocytic marker. LAMP-2 also contributes to phagosome-lysosome fusion and macrophage antimicrobial activity.