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Glycosyltransferase Curated Online Resource for Enzymology

Family-organised sequence, structure, mechanism and substrate-specificity records for the CAZy glycosyltransferases

FUT8

Pan troglodytes · Alpha-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.68)

GT23Non-model organism · annotation 4–5Fold GT-BInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT23 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolFUT8
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Fucosyltransferase 8
  • GDP-L-Fuc:N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide alpha1,6-fucosyltransferase
  • GDP-fucose--glycoprotein fucosyltransferase
  • Glycoprotein 6-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase
UniProt accessionQ6EV77
NCBI Gene ID449506
Source speciesPan troglodytes
Taxonomic domainEukaryota
UniProt annotation level4

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionAlpha-(1,6)-fucosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.68)
Subcellular location
  • Golgi apparatus
  • Golgi stack membrane

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-B
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric statenot curated
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donorGDP-beta-L-fucose
Donor CCD code(s)GFB
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • N(4)-{beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->2)-alpha-D-Man-(1->3)-[beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->2)-alpha-D-Man-(1->6)]-beta-D-Man-(1->4)-beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->4)-beta-D-GlcNAc}-L-asparaginyl-[protein]
  • an N(4)-{beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->2)-alpha-D-Man-(1->3)-[alpha-D-Man-(1->6)]-beta-D-Man-(1->4)-beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->4)-beta-D-GlcNAc}-L-asparaginyl-[protein]
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

575 aa
MRPWTGSWRWIMLILFAWGTLLFYIGGHLVRDNDHPDHSSRELSKILAKLERLKQQNEDLRRMAESLRIPEGPIDQGPAIGRVRVLEEQLVKAKEQIENYKKQTRNGLGKDHEILRRRIENGAKELWFFLQSELKKLKNLEGNELQRHADEFLLDLGHHERSIMTDLYYLSQTDGAGDWREKEAKDLTELVQRRITYLQNPKDCSKAKKLVCNINKGCGYGCQLHHVVYCFMIAYGTQRTLILESQNWRYATGGWETVFRPVSETCTDRSGISTGHWSGEVKDKNVQVVELPIVDSLHPRPPYLPLAVPEDLADRLVRVHGDPAVWWVSQFVKYLIRPQPWLEKEIEEATKKLGFKHPVIGVHVRRTDKVGTEAAFHPIEEYMVHVEEHFQLLARRMQVDKKRVYLATDDPSLLKEAKTKYPNYEFISDNSISWSAGLHNRYTENSLRGVILDIHFLSQADFLVCTFSSQVCRVAYEIMQTLHPDASANFHSLDDIYYFGGQNAHNQIAIYAHQPRTADEIPMEPGDIIGVAGNHWDGYSKGVNRKLGRTGLYPSYKVREKIETVKYPTYPEAEK

Catalytic domain sequence

497 aa
RPWTGSWRWIMLILFAWGTLLFYIGGHLVRDNDHPDHSSRELSKILAKLERLKQQNEDLRRMAESLRIPEGPIDQGPAIGRVRVLEEQLVKAKEQIENYKKQTRNGLGKDHEILRRRIENGAKELWFFLQSELKKLKNLEGNELQRHADEFLLDLGHHERSIMTDLYYLSQTDGAGDWREKEAKDLTELVQRRITYLQNPKDCSKAKKLVCNINKGCGYGCQLHHVVYCFMIAYGTQRTLILESQNWRYATGGWETVFRPVSETCTDRSGISTGHWSGEVKDKNVQVVELPIVDSLHPRPPYLPLAVPEDLADRLVRVHGDPAVWWVSQFVKYLIRPQPWLEKEIEEATKKLGFKHPVIGVHVRRTDKVGTEAAFHPIEEYMVHVEEHFQLLARRMQVDKKRVYLATDDPSLLKEAKTKYPNYEFISDNSISWSAGLHNRYTENSLRGVILDIHFLSQADFLVCTFSSQVCRVAYEIMQTLHPDASANFHSLDDIYY