FUT1,2 transfer fucose to gangliosides
GM1,GA1 + GDP-Fuc → Fuc-GM1, Fuc-GA1 + GDP + H+
- Reactome
- R-HSA-9846332
- Compartment
- Golgi lumen · Golgi membrane
- Rhea
- None recorded
Inputs
- GM1,GA1R-ALL-9846337, Golgi membrane
- GDP-FucCHEBI:57273, C16H23N5O15P2, Golgi lumen
Outputs
- Fuc-GM1, Fuc-GA1R-ALL-9846331, Golgi membrane
- GDPCHEBI:58189, C10H12N5O11P2, Golgi lumen
- H+CHEBI:15378, H, Golgi lumen
Catalysed by
- fucosyltransferase activity of FUT1,2 [Golgi membrane]EC 2.4.1
Literature
- Molecular cloning, sequence, and expression of a human GDP-L-fucose:beta-D-galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase cDNA that can form the H blood group antigen Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 1990
- Sequence and expression of a candidate for the human Secretor blood group alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase gene (FUT2). Homozygosity for an enzyme-inactivating nonsense mutation commonly correlates with the non-secretor phenotype J. Biol. Chem., 1995