InterPro domain: IPR012887

General Information

  • Identifier IPR012887
  • Description L-fucokinase
  • Number of genes 112
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0016772  

Abstract

In the salvage pathway of GDP-L-fucose, free cytosolic fucose is phosphorylated by L-fucokinase to form L-fucose-L-phosphate, which is then further converted to GDP-L-fucose in the reaction catalysed by GDP-L-fucose pyrophosphorylase [ 1 ].


1. Cloning and expression of murine enzymes involved in the salvage pathway of GDP-L-fucose. Eur. J. Biochem. 271, 78-86

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