FUT8

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Alpha-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FUT8 gene.

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. 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.

Kyowa Hakko Kirin's "Potelligent" platform uses a CHO cell line in which FUT8 has been knocked out to make afucosylated monoclonal antibodies.

Further reading

• Miyoshi E, Noda K, Yamaguchi Y, et al. (2000). "The alpha1-6-fucosyltransferase gene and its biological significance". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1473 (1): 9–20. doi:10.1016/s0304-4165(99)00166-x. PMID 10580126.
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• Yanagidani S, Uozumi N, Ihara Y, et al. (1997). "Purification and cDNA cloning of GDP-L-Fuc:N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide:alpha1-6 fucosyltransferase (alpha1-6 FucT) from human gastric cancer MKN45 cells". J. Biochem. 121 (3): 626–32. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021631. PMID 9133635.
• Yamaguchi Y, Fujii J, Inoue S, et al. (1999). "Mapping of the alpha-1,6-fucosyltransferase gene, FUT8, to human chromosome 14q24.3". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 84 (1–2): 58–60. doi:10.1159/000015215. PMID 10343104.
• Takahashi T, Ikeda Y, Tateishi A, et al. (2000). "A sequence motif involved in the donor substrate binding by alpha1,6-fucosyltransferase: the role of the conserved arginine residues". Glycobiology. 10 (5): 503–10. doi:10.1093/glycob/10.5.503. PMID 10764839.
• Yamaguchi Y, Ikeda Y, Takahashi T, et al. (2000). "Genomic structure and promoter analysis of the human alpha1, 6-fucosyltransferase gene (FUT8)". Glycobiology. 10 (6): 637–43. doi:10.1093/glycob/10.6.637. PMID 10814706.
• Takahashi T, Ikeda Y, Miyoshi E, et al. (2000). "alpha1,6fucosyltransferase is highly and specifically expressed in human ovarian serous adenocarcinomas". Int. J. Cancer. 88 (6): 914–9. doi:10.1002/1097-0215(20001215)88:6<914::AID-IJC12>3.0.CO;2-1. PMID 11093814.
• 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.
• Coullin P, Crooijmans RP, Groenen MA, 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". Cytogenet. Genome Res. 97 (3–4): 234–8. doi:10.1159/000066611. PMID 12438718.
• 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• 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.
• Ito Y, Miyauchi A, Yoshida H, et al. (2003). "Expression of alpha1,6-fucosyltransferase (FUT8) in papillary carcinoma of the thyroid: its linkage to biological aggressiveness and anaplastic transformation". Cancer Lett. 200 (2): 167–72. doi:10.1016/S0304-3835(03)00383-5. PMID 14568171.