L-fucose kinase; fucokinase (FUK)

Function

• role in the salvage pathway for reutilization of fucose from the degradation of oligosaccharides

ATP + L-fucose = ADP + beta-L-fucose 1-phosphate

Structure

belongs to the GHMP kinase family

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

More general terms

• kinase or ATP-phosphotransferase

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=197258
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:197258
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608675
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8N0W3.html