Biology:FUT5

Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Generic protein structure example

Alpha-(1,3)-fucosyltransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FUT5 gene.

Further reading

• "Glycodelin-A interacts with fucosyltransferase on human sperm plasma membrane to inhibit spermatozoa-zona pellucida binding". Journal of Cell Science 120 (Pt 1): 33–44. January 2007. doi:10.1242/jcs.03258. PMID 17148576. 
• "Gene transfer of alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase increases tumor growth of the PC-3 human prostate cancer cell line through enhanced adhesion to prostatic stromal cells". International Journal of Cancer 107 (6): 949–57. December 2003. doi:10.1002/ijc.11513. PMID 14601054. 
• "Composition of Drosophila melanogaster proteome involved in fucosylated glycan metabolism". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 277 (5): 3168–75. February 2002. doi:10.1074/jbc.M107927200. PMID 11698403. 
• "Alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase 9 (FUT9; Fuc-TIX) preferentially fucosylates the distal GlcNAc residue of polylactosamine chain while the other four alpha1,3FUT members preferentially fucosylate the inner GlcNAc residue". FEBS Letters 462 (3): 289–94. December 1999. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01549-5. PMID 10622713. 
• "Physical maps of human alpha (1,3)fucosyltransferase genes FUT3-FUT6 on chromosomes 19p13.3 and 11q21". Genomics 26 (1): 142–6. March 1995. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(95)80094-3. PMID 7782074. 
• "Expression of human chromosome 19p alpha(1,3)-fucosyltransferase genes in normal tissues. Alternative splicing, polyadenylation, and isoforms". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 270 (34): 20112–22. August 1995. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.34.20112. PMID 7650030. 
• "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". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 267 (34): 24575–84. December 1992. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)35803-4. PMID 1339443.