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ArticleGlycobiology2016

Schistosoma mansoni α1,3-fucosyltransferase-F generates the Lewis X antigen.

Megan L Mickum, Teerapat Rojsajjakul, Ying Yu, Richard D Cummings

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Article in Glycobiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Synthesis of LewisCarbohydrate research · 2017
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  6. Proteomic Analysis ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Megan L MickumDepartment of Biochemistry and the Emory Glycomics Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Teerapat RojsajjakulDepartment of Biochemistry and the Emory Glycomics Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Ying YuDepartment of Biochemistry and the Emory Glycomics Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Richard D CummingsDepartment of Biochemistry and the Emory Glycomics Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA rcummin1@bidmc.harvard.edu.
Emory University · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Overall Priority Score P41GM103694 · NIGMS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CUMMINGS, RICHARD D · 2013 to 2018
$6.9M
Modulation of Inflammatory Responses by Helminth GlycansR01AI101982 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CUMMINGS, RICHARD D · 2013 to 2017
$2.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI101982NIAID NIH HHS R01AI101982NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103694
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic evidence suggests that the Schistosoma mansoni genome contains six genes that encode α1,3-fucosyltransferases (smFuTs). To date, the activities and specificities of these putative fucosyltransferases are unknown. As Schistosoma express a variety of fucosylated glycans, including the Lewis X antigen Galβ1-4(Fucα1-3)GlcNAcβ-R, it is likely that this family of genes encode enzymes that are partly responsible for the generation of those structures. Here, we report the molecular cloning of fucosyltransferase-F (smFuT-F) from S. mansoni, as a soluble, green fluorescent protein fusion protein and its acceptor specificity. The gene smFuT-F was expressed in HEK freestyle cells, purified by affinity chromatography, and analyzed toward a broad panel of glycan acceptors. The enzyme product of smFuT-F effectively utilizes a type II chain acceptor Galβ1-4GlcNAc-R, but notably not the LDN sequence GalNAcβ1-4GlcNAc-R, to generate Lewis X type-glycans, and smFuT-F transcripts are present in all intramammalian life stages.

Indexed as

AnimalsCarbohydrate SequenceCloning, MolecularFucoseFucosyltransferasesLewis X AntigenPolysaccharidesSchistosoma mansoniSchistosomiasisFucoseFucosyltransferasesLewis X AntigenPolysaccharidesfucosefucosyltransferaseLewis XS. mansoni

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PMID26582608
PMCPMC5007581
OpenAlexW2176976587

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