alpha-L-fucosidase

Function

• n-glycan degradation

Pathology

• defects in FUCA1 are the cause of fucosidosis

Laboratory

• alpha-fucosidase in dried blood spot
• alpha-fucosidase in fibroblasts
• alpha-fucosidase in leukocytes

More general terms

• fucosidase

More specific terms

• alpha-L-fucosidase 1 (tissue alpha-L-fucosidase, alpha-L-fucosidase I, alpha-L-fucoside fucohydrolase, FUCA1)
• alpha-L-fucosidase 2 (FUCA2, plasma alpha-L-fucosidase)