FUT5

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

FUT5

Identifiers

Aliases

FUT5, FUC-TV, fucosyltransferase 5

External IDs

OMIM: 136835; HomoloGene: 134030; GeneCards: FUT5; OMA:FUT5 - orthologs

Gene location (Human)

Chr.	Chromosome 19 (human)^[1]

Band	19p13.3	Start	5,865,826 bp^[1]
Band	19p13.3	End	5,870,540 bp^[1]

RNA expression pattern

Bgee

Human

Mouse (ortholog)

Top expressed in

bone marrow

right lobe of liver

anterior pituitary

skin of leg

testicle

islet of Langerhans

left testis

right testis

head

skin of abdomen

n/a

More reference expression data

BioGPS


More reference expression data

Gene ontology
Molecular function	transferase activity alpha-(1->3)-fucosyltransferase activity 3-galactosyl-N-acetylglucosaminide 4-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase activity glycosyltransferase activity fucosyltransferase activity
Cellular component	integral component of membrane Golgi cisterna membrane Golgi apparatus membrane Golgi membrane
Biological process	protein glycosylation L-fucose catabolic process fucosylation ceramide metabolic process carbohydrate metabolic process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

Entrez


2527


n/a

Ensembl


ENSG00000130383


n/a

UniProt


Q11128


n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)


NM_002034


n/a

RefSeq (protein)


NP_002025


n/a

Location (UCSC)

Chr 19: 5.87 – 5.87 Mb

n/a

PubMed search

^[2]

n/a

Wikidata

View/Edit Human

Alpha-(1,3)-fucosyltransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FUT5 gene.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000130383 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Weston BW, Nair RP, Larsen RD, Lowe JB (February 1992). "Isolation of a novel human alpha (1,3)fucosyltransferase gene and molecular comparison to the human Lewis blood group alpha (1,3/1,4)fucosyltransferase gene. Syntenic, homologous, nonallelic genes encoding enzymes with distinct acceptor substrate specificities". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (6): 4152–60. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)50641-X. PMID 1740457.
^ "Entrez Gene: FUT5 fucosyltransferase 5 (alpha (1,3) fucosyltransferase)".

Chiu PC, Chung MK, Koistinen R, Koistinen H, Seppala M, Ho PC, Ng EH, Lee KF, Yeung WS (January 2007). "Glycodelin-A interacts with fucosyltransferase on human sperm plasma membrane to inhibit spermatozoa-zona pellucida binding". Journal of Cell Science. 120 (Pt 1): 33–44. doi:10.1242/jcs.03258. hdl:10722/45488. PMID 17148576.
Inaba Y, Ohyama C, Kato T, Satoh M, Saito H, Hagisawa S, Takahashi T, Endoh M, Fukuda MN, Arai Y, Fukuda M (December 2003). "Gene transfer of alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase increases tumor growth of the PC-3 human prostate cancer cell line through enhanced adhesion to prostatic stromal cells". International Journal of Cancer. 107 (6): 949–57. doi:10.1002/ijc.11513. PMID 14601054. S2CID 7078688.
Roos C, Kolmer M, Mattila P, Renkonen R (February 2002). "Composition of Drosophila melanogaster proteome involved in fucosylated glycan metabolism". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (5): 3168–75. doi:10.1074/jbc.M107927200. PMID 11698403.
Nishihara S, Iwasaki H, Kaneko M, Tawada A, Ito M, Narimatsu H (December 1999). "Alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase 9 (FUT9; Fuc-TIX) preferentially fucosylates the distal GlcNAc residue of polylactosamine chain while the other four alpha1,3FUT members preferentially fucosylate the inner GlcNAc residue". FEBS Letters. 462 (3): 289–94. doi:10.1016/S0014-5793(99)01549-5. PMID 10622713. S2CID 37842289.
McCurley RS, Recinos A, Olsen AS, Gingrich JC, Szczepaniak D, Cameron HS, Krauss R, Weston BW (March 1995). "Physical maps of human alpha (1,3)fucosyltransferase genes FUT3-FUT6 on chromosomes 19p13.3 and 11q21". Genomics. 26 (1): 142–6. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(95)80094-3. PMID 7782074.
Cameron HS, Szczepaniak D, Weston BW (August 1995). "Expression of human chromosome 19p alpha(1,3)-fucosyltransferase genes in normal tissues. Alternative splicing, polyadenylation, and isoforms". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 270 (34): 20112–22. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.34.20112. PMID 7650030.
Weston BW, Smith PL, Kelly RJ, Lowe JB (December 1992). "Molecular cloning of a fourth member of a human alpha (1,3)fucosyltransferase gene family. Multiple homologous sequences that determine expression of the Lewis x, sialyl Lewis x, and difucosyl sialyl Lewis x epitopes". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (34): 24575–84. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)35803-4. PMID 1339443.

Transferases: glycosyltransferases (EC 2.4)

2.4.1: Hexosyl-
transferases

Glucosyl-	Phosphorylase Starch Glycogen Cellobiose Myo- Glycogen synthase Debranching enzyme Branching enzyme 1,3-Beta-glucan synthase Ceramide glucosyltransferase N-glycosyltransferase
Galactosyl-	Lactose synthase B-N-acetylglucosaminyl-glycopeptide b-1,4-galactosyltransferase Glycoprotein-N-acetylgalactosamine 3-beta-galactosyltransferase (C1GALT1)
Glucuronosyl-	B3GAT1 B3GAT2 B3GAT3 UGT1A1 UGT1A3 UGT1A4 UGT1A5 UGT1A6 UGT1A7 UGT1A8 UGT1A9 UGT1A10 UGT2A1 UGT2A2 UGT2A3 UGT2B4 UGT2B7 UGT2B10 UGT2B11 UGT2B15 UGT2B17 UGT2B28 Hyaluronan synthase: HAS1 HAS2 HAS3
Fucosyl-	POFUT1 POFUT2 FUT1 FUT2 FUT3 FUT4 FUT5 FUT6 FUT7 FUT8 FUT9 FUT10 FUT11
Mannosyl-	Dolichyl-phosphate-mannose-protein mannosyltransferase POMT1 POMT2 DPM1 DPM3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 ALG6 ALG8 ALG9 ALG12

2.4.2: Pentosyl-
transferases

Ribose

ADP-ribosyltransferase	NAD⁺:diphthamide ADP-ribosyltransferase Diphtheria toxin Pseudomonas exotoxin NAD(P)⁺:arginine ADP-ribosyltransferase Pertussis toxin Cholera toxin Poly ADP ribose polymerase Sirtuin
Phosphoribosyltransferase	Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase Uracil phosphoribosyltransferase Amidophosphoribosyltransferase
Other	Purine nucleoside phosphorylase: Thymidine phosphorylase ECGF1