FUT4

fucosyltransferase 4 (alpha (1,3) fucosyltransferase, myeloid-specific)
Identifiers
SymbolFUT4
Alt. symbolsCD15, FCT3A, ELFT, SSEA-1, LeX
NCBI gene2526
HGNC4015
OMIM104230
RefSeqNM_002033
UniProtP22083
Other data
EC number2.4.1.152
LocusChr. 11 q21
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StructuresSwiss-model
DomainsInterPro

Fucosyltransferase 4 (alpha (1,3) fucosyltransferase, myeloid-specific), also known as FUT4, is an enzyme which in humans is encoded by the FUT4 gene.[1][2][3]

Function

The product of this gene transfers fucose to N-acetyllactosamine polysaccharides to generate fucosylated carbohydrate structures. It catalyzes the synthesis of the non-sialylated antigen, Lewis x (CD15).[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Goelz SE, Hession C, Goff D, Griffiths B, Tizard R, Newman B, Chi-Rosso G, Lobb R (December 1990). "ELFT: a gene that directs the expression of an ELAM-1 ligand". Cell. 63 (6): 1349–56. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(90)90430-M. PMID 1702034. S2CID 905332.
  2. ^ Couillin P, Mollicone R, Grisard MC, Gibaud A, Ravisé N, Feingold J, Oriol R (1991). "Chromosome 11q localization of one of the three expected genes for the human alpha-3-fucosyltransferases, by somatic hybridization". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 56 (2): 108–11. doi:10.1159/000133061. PMID 1672847.
  3. ^ Reguigne I, James MR, Richard CW, Mollicone R, Seawright A, Lowe JB, Oriol R, Couillin P (1994). "The gene encoding myeloid alpha-3-fucosyl-transferase (FUT4) is located between D1 1S388 and D11S919 on 11q21". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 66 (2): 104–6. doi:10.1159/000133677. PMID 8287679.
  4. ^ "Entrez Gene: FUT4".
  5. ^ Nakayama F, Nishihara S, Iwasaki H, Kudo T, Okubo R, Kaneko M, Nakamura M, Karube M, Sasaki K, Narimatsu H (May 2001). "CD15 expression in mature granulocytes is determined by alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferase IX, but in promyelocytes and monocytes by alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferase IV". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (19): 16100–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M007272200. PMID 11278338.

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