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Gene information for FUT3 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID2525
Official gene symbolFUT3
Full namefucosyltransferase 3 (galactoside 3(4)-L-fucosyltransferase, Lewis blood group)
Aliases,CD174,FT3B,FucT-III,LE,Les,MGC131739,
Gene summaryThe Lewis histo-blood group system comprises a set of fucosylated glycosphingolipids that are synthesized by exocrine epithelial cells and circulate in body fluids. The glycosphingolipids function in embryogenesis, tissue differentiation, tumor metastasis, inflammation, and bacterial adhesion. They are secondarily absorbed to red blood cells giving rise to their Lewis phenotype. This gene is a member of the fucosyltransferase family, which catalyzes the addition of fucose to precursor polysaccharides in the last step of Lewis antigen biosynthesis. It encodes an enzyme with alpha(1,3)-fucosyltransferase and alpha(1,4)-fucosyltransferase activities. Mutations in this gene are responsible for the majority of Lewis antigen-negative phenotypes. Multiple alternatively spliced variants, encoding the same protein, have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 19   Locus: 19p13.3
Gene position5851485 - 5842899  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size8587 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID111100