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- noun biochemistry A
transferase that catalyzes the transfer offucose sugars
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Examples
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One critical posttranslational modification of Notch for its function in vivo is the addition of O-linked fucose residues by protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 (POFUT1).
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Cameron HS, Szczepaniak D, Weston BW (1995) Expression of human chromosome 19p alpha (1,3) - fucosyltransferase genes in normal tissues.
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The FUT2 "secretor" gene encodes the fucosyltransferase that synthesizes the H antigen.
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Orntoft TF, Vestergaard EM, Holmes E, Jakobsen JS, Grunnet N, et al. (1996) Influence of Lewis alpha1-3 / 4-L-fucosyltransferase (FUT3) gene mutations on enzyme activity, erythrocyte phenotyping, and circulating tumor marker sialyl-Lewis a levels.
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POTELLIGENT (R) Technology involves the reduction of the amount of fucose in the carbohydrate structure of an antibody using a proprietary fucosyltransferase-knockout CHO cell line as a production cell.
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POTELLIGENT (R) Technology involves the reduction of the amount of fucose in the carbohydrate structure of an antibody using a proprietary fucosyltransferase-knockout CHO cell line as a production cell.
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FUT2, a fucosyltransferase responsible for ABO biosynthesis in body fluids.
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