a hexose deoxy sugar found in certain glycans and polysaccharides
During a mouse's first 21 days, fucose molecules coat the cells in the lower regionof the small intestine.
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Fucose-containing glycans are involved in many biological processes, which are essential for growth and development.
Yu-Xin Xu, Anna Ma, Li Liu 2013, 'Transforming Growth Factor β Signaling Upregulates the Expression of Human GDP-FucoseTransporter by Activating Transcription Factor Sp1', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0074424. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Curiously, in all cases reduction of fucose was accompanied with a reduction in xylose levels.
Theodora Tryfona, Tina E Theys, Tanya Wagner, Katherine Stott, Kenneth Keegstra, PaulDupree 2014, 'Characterisation of FUT4 and FUT6 α-(1 → 2)-fucosyltransferases reveals that absenceof root arabinogalactan fucosylation increases Arabidopsis root growth salt sensitivity.',PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3965541?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fructose, xylose, fucose, and glucose were inactive as acceptors in the transglycosylation reaction.
Irina Bakunina, Lubov Slepchenko, Stanislav Anastyuk, Vladimir Isakov, Galina Likhatskaya,Natalya Kim, Liudmila Tekutyeva, Oksana Son, Larissa Balabanova 2018, 'Characterization of Properties and Transglycosylation Abilities of Recombinant α-Galactosidasefrom Cold-Adapted Marine Bacterium Pseudoalteromonas KMM 701 and Its C494N and D451AMutants', Marine Drugshttp://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/16/10/349. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
N- acetylgalactosamine and fucose were also observed in the same zone.
Alcira O. Díaz, Roberto O. Freijo, Alicia M. García, Enrique L. Portiansky, ClaudioG. Barbeito, Gustavo J. Macchi 2012, 'Lectin histochemical aspects of the ovarian lamellae epithelium of Genypterus blacodes(Schneider, 1801)', Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2012000600013&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These heterofucans are composed mainly of fucose, glucose, glucuronic acid, galactose and sulfate.
Hugo Alexandre Oliveira Rocha, Giulianna Paiva Viana Andrade, Ivan Rui Lopes Albuquerque,Ruth Medeiros Oliveira, Raniere Fagundes Melo-Silveira, Jailma Almeida-Lima, SaraLima Cordeiro, Mariana Santana Santos Pereira Costa, Rafael Barros Gomes Camara, NednaldoDantas-Santos, Gabriel Pereira Fidelis, Cinthia Beatrice Silva Telles, Leandro SilvaCosta 2011, 'Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities of Heterofucans from the Seaweed Sargassumfilipendula', Marine Drugshttp://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/9/6/952/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Elevated levels of protein-bound fucose have been reported in various malignancies.
P Redwin Dhas Manchil, E Tatu Joy, M Shashi Kiran, J Eugenia Sherubin, M FarakathKhan, B S Aravind 2016, 'Correlation of serum levo-fucose levels as a biomarker with tumor node metastasisstaging in oral cancer patients', Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Scienceshttp://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2016;volume=8;issue=5;spage=147;epage=150;aulast=Manchil. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fucose and fucose-rich oligosaccharides have applications in the fields of medicine and cosmetics.
Victoria Béjar, Emilia Quesada, María C. Urdaci, Philippe Bressollier, Richard Tallon,Juan Antonio Mata, Inmaculada Llamas 2010, 'Characterization of the Exopolysaccharide Produced by Salipiger mucosus A3T, a HalophilicSpecies Belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria, Isolated on the Spanish MediterraneanSeaboard', Marine Drugshttp://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/8/8/2240/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Total level of mucus glycoproteins, hexoses, hexosamines, fucose and sialic acids were measured.
Yu. V. Holota, Ya. A. Olefir, T. V. Dovbynchuk, G. M. Tolstanova 2016, 'Carbohydrate composition of rat intestine surface mucus layer after ceftriaxone treatment',Ukrainian Biochemical Journalhttp://ukrbiochemjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Holota_6_16.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Sulfated fucans comprise families of polydisperse natural polysaccharides based on sulfated l-fucose.
Francisco Miguel Gama, Hugo Alexandre Oliveira Rocha, Paula Pereira, Silvia SantosPedrosa, Arthur Anthunes Jacome Vidal, Ruth Medeiros Oliveira, Dayanne Lopes Gomes,Jailma Almeida-Lima, Nednaldo Dantas-Santos 2012, 'Antiproliferative Activity of Fucan Nanogel', Marine Drugshttp://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/10/9/2002. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The absolute configuration was determined by the use of l-fucose as starting material.
K. Victoria Booth, Sarah F. Jenkinson, George W. J. Fleet, Pushpakiran Gullapalli,Akihide Yoshihara, Ken Izumori, David J. Watkin 2008, '6-Deoxy-α-l-talopyranose', Acta Crystallographica Section Ehttp://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536808019582. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)