Alpha-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FUT8gene.[5][6]
This enzyme belongs to the family of fucosyltransferases. The product of this gene catalyzes the transfer of fucose from GDP-fucose to N-linked type complex glycopeptides. This enzyme is distinct from other fucosyltransferases which catalyze alpha1-2, alpha1-3, and alpha1-4 fucose addition to existing oligosaccharides or the four Protein O-fucosyltransferases (POFUTs) that transfer fucose in alpha1-O linkage directly to serines or threonines in specific protein motifs. The expression of this gene may contribute to the malignancy of cancer cells and to their invasive and metastatic capabilities. Alternatively spliced variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.[6]
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Further reading
Miyoshi E, Noda K, Yamaguchi Y, Inoue S, Ikeda Y, Wang W, et al. (December 1999). "The alpha1-6-fucosyltransferase gene and its biological significance". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1473 (1): 9–20. doi:10.1016/s0304-4165(99)00166-x. PMID10580126.
Kalyanaraman VS, Rodriguez V, Veronese F, Rahman R, Lusso P, DeVico AL, et al. (March 1990). "Characterization of the secreted, native gp120 and gp160 of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1". AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 6 (3): 371–380. doi:10.1089/aid.1990.6.371. PMID2187500.
Kozarsky K, Penman M, Basiripour L, Haseltine W, Sodroski J, Krieger M (1989). "Glycosylation and processing of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope protein". Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2 (2): 163–169. PMID2649653.
Robinson WE, Montefiori DC, Mitchell WM (1988). "Evidence that mannosyl residues are involved in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) pathogenesis". AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 3 (3): 265–282. doi:10.1089/aid.1987.3.265. PMID2829950.
Andersson B, Wentland MA, Ricafrente JY, Liu W, Gibbs RA (April 1996). "A "double adaptor" method for improved shotgun library construction". Analytical Biochemistry. 236 (1): 107–113. doi:10.1006/abio.1996.0138. PMID8619474.
Yamaguchi Y, Fujii J, Inoue S, Uozumi N, Yanagidani S, Ikeda Y, et al. (1999). "Mapping of the alpha-1,6-fucosyltransferase gene, FUT8, to human chromosome 14q24.3". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 84 (1–2): 58–60. doi:10.1159/000015215. PMID10343104. S2CID85305954.
Coullin P, Crooijmans RP, Groenen MA, Heilig R, Mollicone R, Oriol R, et al. (2003). "Assignment of FUT8 to chicken chromosome band 5q1.4 and to human chromosome 14q23.2-->q24.1 by in situ hybridization. Conserved and compared synteny between human and chicken". Cytogenetic and Genome Research. 97 (3–4): 234–238. doi:10.1159/000066611. PMID12438718. S2CID27532607.
Ito Y, Miyauchi A, Yoshida H, Uruno T, Nakano K, Takamura Y, et al. (October 2003). "Expression of alpha1,6-fucosyltransferase (FUT8) in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid: its linkage to biological aggressiveness and anaplastic transformation". Cancer Letters. 200 (2): 167–172. doi:10.1016/S0304-3835(03)00383-5. PMID14568171.
External links
Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q9BYC5 (Human FUT8) at the PDBe-KB.