Species Human Entrez 2524 | Human Mouse Ensembl ENSG00000176920 | |
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Aliases FUT2, B12QTL1, SE, SEC2, Se2, sej, fucosyltransferase 2 External IDs MGI: 109374 HomoloGene: 10325 GeneCards: FUT2 | ||
Galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FUT2 gene. It affects the Lewis blood group.
Approximately 20% of Caucasians are non-secretors due to the G428A and C571T nonsense mutations in FUT2 and therefore have strong although not absolute protection from the norovirus GII.4.
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