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fut-8

Gene
fut-8
Protein
Alpha-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase
Organism
Caenorhabditis elegans
Length
559 amino acids
Function
Catalyzes the addition of fucose in alpha 1-6 linkage to the first GlcNAc residue, next to the peptide chains in N-glycans (PubMed:15604090). The addition is prevented if the GlcNAc residue is already fucosylated (PubMed:15604090). Involved in susceptibility to the nematotoxic C.cinerea galectin Cgl2, likely by contributing to the synthesis of core alpha-1,6-fucosylated N-glycans to which Cgl2 binds (PubMed:20062796).
Similarity
Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 23 family.
Mass
63.649 kDa
Sequence
MLKCIAAVGTVVWMTMFLFLYSQLSNNQSGGDSIRAWRQTKEAIDKLQEQNEDLKSILEKERQERNDQHKKIMEQSHQLPPNPENPSLPKPEPVKEIISKPSILGPVQQEVQKRMLDDRIREMFYLLHSQTIENSTKILLETQMISLMGLSAQLEKLEGSEEERFKQRTAITQRIFKSIEKLQNPKACSEAKTLVCNLDKECGFGCQLHHVTYCAITAFATQRMMVLKRDGSSWKYSSHGWTSVFKKLSKCSFDEAVGNTEAKPFAEPSPARVVSLGIVDSLITKPTFLPQAVPEQLLESLTSLHSHPPAFFVGTFISYLMRFNSATQEKLDKALKSIPLDKGPIVGLQIRRTDKVGTEAAFHALKEYMEWTEIWFKVEEKRQGKPLERRIFIASDDPTVVPEAKNDYPNYEVYGSTEIAKTAQLNNRYTDASLMGVITDIYILSKVNYLVCTFSSQVCRMGYELRQPSGADDGSKFHSLDDIYYFGGQQAHEVIVIEDHIAQNNKEIDLKVGDKVGIAGNHWNGYSKGTNRQTYKEGVFPSYKVVNDWRKFKFEALLD