FUT2

FUT2
Identifiers
Aliases	FUT2, B12QTL1, SE, SEC2, Se2, sej, fucosyltransferase 2
External IDs	OMIM: 182100; MGI: 109374; HomoloGene: 10325; GeneCards: FUT2; OMA:FUT2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 19 (human) Band 19q13.33 Start 48,695,971 bp End 48,705,951 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse) Band 7 B3|7 29.41 cM Start 45,298,015 bp End 45,315,818 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in olfactory zone of nasal mucosa nasal epithelium minor salivary glands pancreatic ductal cell mucosa of transverse colon buccal mucosa cell duodenum oral cavity rectum palpebral conjunctiva Top expressed in lip left colon epithelium of stomach skin of external ear seminal vesicula duodenum esophagus migratory enteric neural crest cell skin of back lobe of prostate More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function transferase activity galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase activity glycosyltransferase activity fucosyltransferase activity Cellular component integral component of membrane Golgi cisterna membrane Golgi apparatus extracellular exosome membrane Biological process protein glycosylation L-fucose catabolic process fucosylation carbohydrate metabolic process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 2524 14344 Ensembl ENSG00000176920 ENSMUSG00000055978 UniProt Q10981 Q9JL27 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_001097638 NM_000511 NM_001271993 NM_018876 RefSeq (protein) NP_000502 NP_001091107 NP_001258922 NP_061364 Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 48.7 – 48.71 Mb Chr 7: 45.3 – 45.32 Mb PubMed search
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Galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FUT2 gene. It affects the secretor status of ABO antigens.

Approximately 20% of Caucasians are non-secretors due to the G428A (rs601338) and C571T (rs492602?) nonsense mutations in FUT2 and therefore have strong although not absolute protection from the norovirus GII.4.

Further reading

• Reguigne-Arnould I; Couillin P; Mollicone R; et al. (1995). "Relative positions of two clusters of human alpha-L-fucosyltransferases in 19q (FUT1-FUT2) and 19p (FUT6-FUT3-FUT5) within the microsatellite genetic map of chromosome 19". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 71 (2): 158–62. doi:10.1159/000134098. PMID 7656588.
• Rouquier S; Lowe JB; Kelly RJ; et al. (1995). "Molecular cloning of a human genomic region containing the H blood group alpha(1,2)fucosyltransferase gene and two H locus-related DNA restriction fragments. Isolation of a candidate for the human Secretor blood group locus". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (9): 4632–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.9.4632. PMID 7876234.
• Kelly RJ; Rouquier S; Giorgi D; et al. (1995). "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. 270 (9): 4640–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.9.4640. PMID 7876235.
• Kudo T; Iwasaki H; Nishihara S; et al. (1996). "Molecular genetic analysis of the human Lewis histo-blood group system. II. Secretor gene inactivation by a novel single missense mutation A385T in Japanese nonsecretor individuals". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (16): 9830–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.16.9830. PMID 8621666.
• Koda Y, Soejima M, Liu Y, Kimura H (1996). "Molecular basis for secretor type alpha(1,2)-fucosyltransferase gene deficiency in a Japanese population: a fusion gene generated by unequal crossover responsible for the enzyme deficiency". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 59 (2): 343–50. PMC 1914724. PMID 8755920.
• Koda Y, Soejima M, Wang B, Kimura H (1997). "Structure and expression of the gene encoding secretor-type galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase (FUT2)". Eur. J. Biochem. 246 (3): 750–5. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00750.x. PMID 9219535.
• Koda Y; Soejima M; Johnson PH; et al. (1997). "Missense mutation of FUT1 and deletion of FUT2 are responsible for Indian Bombay phenotype of ABO blood group system". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 238 (1): 21–5. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1997.7232. PMID 9299444.
• Liu Y; Koda Y; Soejima M; et al. (1998). "Extensive polymorphism of the FUT2 gene in an African (Xhosa) population of South Africa". Hum. Genet. 103 (2): 204–10. doi:10.1007/s004390050808. PMID 9760207. S2CID 25253767.
• Domino SE, Zhang L, Lowe JB (2001). "Molecular cloning, genomic mapping, and expression of two secretor blood group alpha (1,2)fucosyltransferase genes differentially regulated in mouse uterine epithelium and gastrointestinal tract". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (26): 23748–56. doi:10.1074/jbc.M100735200. PMID 11323419.
• Roos C, Kolmer M, Mattila P, Renkonen R (2002). "Composition of Drosophila melanogaster proteome involved in fucosylated glycan metabolism". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (5): 3168–75. doi:10.1074/jbc.M107927200. PMID 11698403.
• Milland J; Russell SM; Dodson HC; et al. (2002). "The cytoplasmic tail of alpha 1,3-galactosyltransferase inhibits Golgi localization of the full-length enzyme". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (12): 10374–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111799200. PMID 11777923.
• Chang JG; Ko YC; Lee JC; et al. (2002). "Molecular analysis of mutations and polymorphisms of the Lewis secretor type alpha(1,2)-fucosyltransferase gene reveals that Taiwan aborigines are of Austronesian derivation". J. Hum. Genet. 47 (2): 60–5. doi:10.1007/s100380200001. PMID 11916003.
• Strausberg RL; Feingold EA; Grouse LH; et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Lindesmith L; Moe C; Marionneau S; et al. (2003). "Human susceptibility and resistance to Norwalk virus infection". Nat. Med. 9 (5): 548–53. doi:10.1038/nm860. PMID 12692541. S2CID 28663420.
• Guo ZH; Xiang D; Zhu ZY; et al. (2004). "[Analysis on FUT1 and FUT2 gene of 10 para-Bombay individuals in China]". Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi. 21 (5): 417–21. PMID 15476160.
• Chen DP; Tseng CP; Wang WT; et al. (2005). "Two prevalent h alleles in para-Bombay haplotypes among 250,000 Taiwanese". Ann. Clin. Lab. Sci. 34 (3): 314–8. PMID 15487706.
• Pang H, Soejima M, Koda Y, Kimura H (2005). "A novel tetrameric short tandem repeat located in the 3' flanking region of the human ABO-secretor gene (FUT2) and association between FUT2 and FUT2/01 loci". Hum. Biol. 76 (5): 789–95. doi:10.1353/hub.2005.0008. PMID 15757249. S2CID 1201579.
• Madjd Z; Parsons T; Watson NF; et al. (2006). "High expression of Lewis y/b antigens is associated with decreased survival in lymph node negative breast carcinomas". Breast Cancer Res. 7 (5): R780–7. doi:10.1186/bcr1305. PMC 1242157. PMID 16168124.
• Kimura K; Wakamatsu A; Suzuki Y; et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.