fucose
Sign in to saveFucose is a hexose deoxy sugar with the chemical formula C6H12O5. It is found on N-linked glycans on the mammalian, insect and plant cell surface. Fucose is the fundamental sub-unit of the seaweed polysaccharide fucoidan. The α(1→3) linked core of fucoidan is a suspected carbohydrate antigen for IgE-mediated allergy.
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13,416 papers- Fucose-binding lectins: purification, characterization and potential biomedical applications.Molecular biology reports · 2023
- Fucose promotes intestinal stem cell-mediated intestinal epithelial development through promoting Akkermansia-related propanoate metabolism.Gut microbes · 2023
- L-Fucose is involved in human-gut microbiome interactions.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2023
- Biological functions of fucose in mammals.Glycobiology · 2017
- [REGULATION OF INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL α1, 2-FUCOSE].Arerugi = [Allergy] · 2019
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- C₆H₁₂O₅
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Fucose is a hexose deoxy sugar with the chemical formula C6H12O5. It is found on N-linked glycans on the mammalian, insect and plant cell surface. Fucose is the fundamental sub-unit of the seaweed polysaccharide fucoidan. The α(1→3) linked core of fucoidan is a suspected carbohydrate antigen for IgE-mediated allergy.
Two structural features distinguish fucose from other six-carbon sugars present in mammals: the lack of a hydroxyl group on the carbon at the 6-position (C-6) (thereby making it a deoxy sugar) and the L-configuration. It is equivalent to 6-deoxy--galactose.