FUK Products

Description

FUK is encoded by this gene belongs to the GHMP (galacto-, homoserine, mevalonate and phosphomevalonate) kinase family and catalyzes the phosphorylation of L-fucose to form beta-L-fucose 1-phosphate. This enzyme catalyzes the first step in the utilization of free L-fucose in glycoprotein and glycolipid synthesis. L-fucose may be important in mediating a number of cell-cell interactions such as blood group antigen recognition, inflammation, and metastatis. While several transcript variants may exist for this gene, the full-length nature of only one has been described to date. [provided by RefSeq]

Bioinformatics

Entrez	197258 Human
Uniprot	NP_659496 Human NP_659496.2 Human Q8N0W3 Human
Product By Gene ID	197258
Alternate Names	EC 2.7.1.52 FLJ39408,1110046B12Rik Fucokinase fucokinase L-fucose kinase