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FUT10

Developmental stage

Expressed in fetal tissues including skin, small intestine, liver, kidney, lung, muscle, heart and brain.

Isoform 4

Expressed in 50 day old embryo.

Isoform 5

Expressed in 50 day old embryo.

Function

Predominantly fucosylates the innermost N-acetyl glucosamine (GlcNAc) residue in biantennary N-glycan acceptors. Postulated to generate core alpha(1->3)-fucose epitope within the chitobiose unit of biantennary N-glycans, providing for a recognition signal to reorient aberrantly folded glycoproteins for degradation (PubMed:19088067). Involved in biosynthesis of Lewis X-carrying biantennary N-glycans that regulate neuron stem cell self-renewal during brain development (By similarity).

Isoform 1

Catalyzes the transfer of fucosyl moiety from GDP-beta-L-fucose to the innermost GlcNAc residue in biantennary N-glycan acceptors. Does not fucosylate GlcNAc within type 2 lactosamine unit.

Isoform 4

Catalyzes the transfer of fucosyl moiety from GDP-beta-L-fucose to the innermost GlcNAc residue in biantennary N-glycan acceptors. Does not fucosylate GlcNAc within type 2 lactosamine unit.

Isoform 5

Catalyzes the transfer of fucosyl moiety from GDP-beta-L-fucose to the innermost GlcNAc residue in biantennary N-glycan acceptors. Does not fucosylate GlcNAc within type 2 lactosamine unit.

Pathway

Protein modification; protein glycosylation.

Sequence Similarities

Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 10 family.

Tissue Specificity

Expressed in lung, digestive tract, gall bladder, placenta, kidney, uterus and brain. Not detected in spleen, heart, muscle, liver and pancreas.

Cellular localization

Alternative names

Fucosyltransferase X, Galactoside 3-L-fucosyltransferase 10, Fuc-TX, FucT-X, Fucosyltransferase 10, FUT10

swissprot:Q6P4F1 entrezGene:84750