Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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subcloned in CHO-K1 cells | Homo sapiens |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
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L101F | spontaneous missense mutation frequent in Asian populations | Homo sapiens |
additional information | bp428 G>A is a spontaneous nonsense mutation, 739G > A substitution does not inactivate the enzyme | Homo sapiens |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Homo sapiens | - |
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- |
Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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alpha-1,2-fucosyltransferase | - |
Homo sapiens |
fucosyltransferase 2 | - |
Homo sapiens |
FUT2 | - |
Homo sapiens |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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physiological function | Biosynthesis of cell surface glycoconjugates, which play a role in infections. For example, nonsecretors are known to be virtually resistant to infection by norovirus. Inversely, women with the nonsecretor phenotype are more prone to Escherichia coli mediated recurrent urinary tract infections than secretor women. | Homo sapiens |