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L-fucose is a key sugar in glycoproteins and other complex carbohydrates since it may be involved in many of the functional roles of these macromolecules, such as in cell-cell recognition. The fucosyl donor for these fucosylated oligosaccharides is GDP-beta-L-fucose. There are two alternate pathways for the biosynthesis of GDP-fucose; the major pathway converts GDP-alpha-D-mannose to GDP-beta-L-fucose. The protein encoded by this gene participates in an alternate pathway that is present in certain mammalian tissues, such as liver and kidney, and appears to function as a salvage pathway to reutilize L-fucose arising from the turnover of glycoproteins and glycolipids. This pathway involves the phosphorylation of L-fucose to form beta-L-fucose-1-phosphate, and then condensation of the beta-L-fucose-1-phosphate with GTP by fucose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase to form GDP-beta-L-fucose.
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Protein Aliases: fucose-1-phosphate guanyltransferase; Fucose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase; GDP-beta-L-fucose pyrophosphorylase; GDP-L-fucose diphosphorylase; GDP-L-fucose pyrophosphorylase
Gene Aliases: 1700016E03Rik; FPGT; GFPP
UniProt ID: (Human) O14772, (Mouse) G5E8F4
Entrez Gene ID: (Human) 8790, (Rat) 310935, (Mouse) 75540
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