2-deoxy-2-fluoro L-Fucose is a fluorinated fucose analog. It can be metabolized inside the cell to a substrate-based inhibitor of fucosyltransferases. Alternatively, it can be converted in vitro to GDP-2-deoxy-2-fluoro L-fucose, a competitive inhibitor of alpha1,3-fucosyltransferase V (Ki = 4.2 µM).Formal Name:...

FUT5 (alpha-1, 3-fucosyltransferase 5, also Fuc-TV) is a 43kD member of the glycosyltransferase 10 family. It is responsible for the terminal step in the synthesis of Le, sialyl-Le, and Le antigens. This is accomplished by the transfer of fucose to preexisting LacNAc or sialyl-LacNAc structures. Human FUT5 is 374...