| Gene Symbol |
FPGT
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| Entrez Gene |
8790
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| Alt Symbol |
GFPP
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| Species |
Human
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| Gene Type |
protein-coding
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| Description |
fucose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase
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| Other Description |
GDP-L-fucose diphosphorylase|GDP-beta-L-fucose pyrophosphorylase|fucose-1-phosphate guanyltransferase
|
| Swissprots |
Q8N5J7 E9PNQ2 B4E2Y7 B4DRX2 O14772 A6NMH3
|
| Accessions |
AAC82511 EAX06417 O14772 AF017445 AAC73005 AI025848 AK223254 BAD96974 AK294948 BAG58023 AK299468 BAG61434 AK304490 BAG65299 BC020720 AAH20720 BC032308 AAH32308 CR743704 DB066016 NM_001199328 NP_001186257 NM_001199329 NP_001186258 NM_003838 NP_003829
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| Function |
Catalyzes the formation of GDP-L-fucose from GTP and L- fucose-1-phosphate. Functions as a salvage pathway to reutilize L- fucose arising from the turnover of glycoproteins and glycolipids.
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| Subcellular Location |
Cytoplasm.
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| Tissue Specificity |
Expressed in many tissues.
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| Top Pathways |
Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism, Fructose and mannose metabolism
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