title: Porcine submaxillary gland GDP-L-fucose: beta-D-galactoside alpha-2-L-fucosyltransferase is likely a counterpart of the human Secretor gene-encoded blood group transferase.
abstract: Partial amino acid sequence of GDP-L-fucose:beta-D-galactoside alpha-2-L-fucosyltransferase purified from porcine submaxillary glands was determined. Amino acid sequence analysis yielded 100, 93.3, and 84.2%, and 75, 46.6, and 84.2% sequence identity between 12-, 15-, and 19- amino acid tryptic peptides generated from porcine enzyme and amino acid residues 61-72, 111-125, and 308-326 and 89-100, 139-153, and 338-356 of the human Secretor and H type alpha-2-fucosyltransferases, respectively. Higher amino acid sequence homology of the porcine enzyme with the predicted sequence for the human Secretor locus as compared with H gene-encoded blood group beta-D-galactoside alpha-2-L-fucosyltransferase suggests that porcine alpha-2-fucosyltransferase highly corresponds to the human Secretor gene-encoded enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4268, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thurin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blaszczyk-Thurin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005647:Fucosyltransferases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013363:Submandibular Gland / Q000201:enzymology*; D013552:Swine; D014357:Trypsin; D000097631:Galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase
chemical_list: D005647:Fucosyltransferases; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014357:Trypsin; D000097631:Galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase