Amino acid sequence alignment of the type II C-type lectin Ly49Q¹⁸ derived from either BALB/c or C57/B6. There is a difference of 6 amino acids between the 2 strains. Ly49Q belongs to the Ly49 family that has a CRD in the extracellular domain and an ITIM in the intercellular domain. *Potential N-linked glycosylation sites in the putative extracellular domain. TM indicates transmembrane.