Gene description for FUT2
Gene name fucosyltransferase 2 (secretor status included)
Gene symbol FUT2
Other names/aliases B12QTL1
SE
SEC2
Se2
sej
Species Homo sapiens
 Database cross references - FUT2
ExoCarta ExoCarta_2524
Entrez Gene 2524
HGNC 4013
MIM 182100
UniProt Q10981  
 FUT2 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Saliva 19199708    
 Gene ontology annotations for FUT2
Molecular Function
    galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase activity GO:0008107 TAS
    fucosyltransferase activity GO:0008417 TAS
Biological Process
    carbohydrate metabolic process GO:0005975 TAS
    protein glycosylation GO:0006486 TAS
    L-fucose catabolic process GO:0042355 NAS
    fucosylation GO:0036065 IBA
Subcellular Localization
    integral component of membrane GO:0016021 IEA
    Golgi cisterna membrane GO:0032580 IEA
    Golgi apparatus GO:0005794 TAS
    extracellular exosome GO:0070062 IDA
 Experiment description of studies that identified FUT2 in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 66
ISEV standards
IEM
EV Biophysical techniques
TSG101|Alix
EV Cytosolic markers
CD63|CD81
EV Membrane markers
EV Negative markers
EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry
PubMed ID 19199708    
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment description Proteomic analysis of human parotid gland exosomes by multidimensional protein identification technology (MudPIT).
Authors Gonzalez-Begne M, Lu B, Han X, Hagen FK, Hand AR, Melvin JE, Yates JR
Journal name JPR
Publication year 2009
Sample Saliva
Sample name Saliva
Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation
Flotation density -
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Mass spectrometry [LTQ]
Western blotting
Immunoelectron Microscopy
 Protein-protein interactions for FUT2
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
No interactions are found.
 Pathways in which FUT2 is involved
No pathways found





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