FUT6

Alpha-(1,3)-fucosyltransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FUT6 gene.

FUT6
Identifiers
Aliases	FUT6, FCT3A, FT1A, Fuc-TVI, FucT-VI, fucosyltransferase 6
External IDs	OMIM: 136836; HomoloGene: 34780; GeneCards: FUT6; OMA:FUT6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 19 (human) Band 19p13.3 Start 5,830,408 bp End 5,839,722 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in mucosa of pharynx olfactory bulb buccal mucosa cell pancreatic ductal cell nasal epithelium mucosa of ileum amniotic fluid trachea oral cavity mucosa of transverse colon n/a More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function transferase activity alpha-(1->3)-fucosyltransferase activity 3-galactosyl-N-acetylglucosaminide 4-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase activity glycosyltransferase activity fucosyltransferase activity Cellular component integral component of membrane Golgi cisterna membrane Golgi apparatus extracellular exosome membrane Golgi membrane Biological process protein glycosylation L-fucose catabolic process fucosylation ceramide metabolic process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 2528 n/a Ensembl ENSG00000156413 n/a UniProt P51993 n/a RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000150 NM_001040701 NM_001369502 NM_001369504 NM_001369505 NM_001381955 NM_001381956 NM_001381957 NM_001381958 NM_001381959 n/a RefSeq (protein) NP_000141 NP_001035791 NP_001356431 NP_001356433 NP_001356434 NP_001368884 NP_001368885 NP_001368886 NP_001368887 NP_001368888 n/a Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 5.83 – 5.84 Mb n/a PubMed search n/a
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The alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferases constitute a large family of glycosyltransferases with a high degree of homology. The enzymes of this family comprise 3 main activity patterns called myeloid, plasma, and Lewis, based on their capacity to transfer alpha-L-fucose to distinct oligosaccharide acceptors, their sensitivity to N-ethylmaleimide inhibition, their cation requirements, and their tissue-specific expression patterns. The different categories of alpha-1,3-fucosyltransferases are sequentially expressed during embryo-fetal development.[supplied by OMIM]

Further reading

• Weston BW, Smith PL, Kelly RJ, Lowe JB (1992). "Molecular cloning of a fourth member of a human alpha (1,3)fucosyltransferase gene family. Multiple homologous sequences that determine expression of the Lewis x, sialyl Lewis x, and difucosyl sialyl Lewis x epitopes". J. Biol. Chem. 267 (34): 24575–84. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)35803-4. PMID 1339443.
• Cameron HS, Szczepaniak D, Weston BW (1995). "Expression of human chromosome 19p alpha(1,3)-fucosyltransferase genes in normal tissues. Alternative splicing, polyadenylation, and isoforms". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (34): 20112–22. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.34.20112. PMID 7650030.
• Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
• Mollicone R, Reguigne I, Fletcher A, et al. (1994). "Molecular basis for plasma alpha(1,3)-fucosyltransferase gene deficiency (FUT6)". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (17): 12662–71. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)99927-8. PMID 8175676.
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, et al. (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
• Borsig L, Imbach T, Höchli M, Berger EG (2000). "alpha1,3Fucosyltransferase VI is expressed in HepG2 cells and codistributed with beta1,4galactosyltransferase I in the golgi apparatus and monensin-induced swollen vesicles". Glycobiology. 9 (11): 1273–80. doi:10.1093/glycob/9.11.1273. PMID 10536043.
• Schnyder-Candrian S, Borsig L, Moser R, Berger EG (2000). "Localization of alpha 1,3-fucosyltransferase VI in Weibel-Palade bodies of human endothelial cells". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (15): 8369–74. Bibcode:2000PNAS...97.8369S. doi:10.1073/pnas.97.15.8369. PMC 26954. PMID 10950002.
• Kamińska J, Musielak M, Nowicka A, et al. (2001). "Neutrophils promote the release of alpha-6-fucosyltransferase from blood platelets through the action of cathepsin G and elastase". Biochimie. 83 (8): 739–42. doi:10.1016/S0300-9084(01)01306-2. PMID 11530205.
• Roos C, Kolmer M, Mattila P, Renkonen R (2002). "Composition of Drosophila melanogaster proteome involved in fucosylated glycan metabolism". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (5): 3168–75. doi:10.1074/jbc.M107927200. PMID 11698403.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Kanoh A, Ota M, Narimatsu H, Irimura T (2003). "Expression levels of FUT6 gene transfected into human colon carcinoma cells switch two sialyl-Lewis X-related carbohydrate antigens with distinct properties in cell adhesion". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 303 (3): 896–901. doi:10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00420-0. PMID 12670495.
• Martinez-Duncker I, Michalski JC, Bauvy C, et al. (2004). "Activity and tissue distribution of splice variants of alpha6-fucosyltransferase in human embryogenesis". Glycobiology. 14 (1): 13–25. doi:10.1093/glycob/cwh006. PMID 14514715.
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
• Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.
• Higai K, Miyazaki N, Azuma Y, Matsumoto K (2007). "Interleukin-1beta induces sialyl Lewis X on hepatocellular carcinoma HuH-7 cells via enhanced expression of ST3Gal IV and FUT VI gene". FEBS Lett. 580 (26): 6069–75. doi:10.1016/j.febslet.2006.09.073. PMID 17054948. S2CID 9731951.