Patent ID: 7262039
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: A01K,A61P,C12N,C12P,C12Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A polypeptide selected from the group consisting of the following (a) and (b): (a) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:1 or 2, and (b) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid residues 56 to 359 of SEQ ID NO:1 or 2, wherein said polypeptide has an activity to transfer fucose to an N-acetylglucosamine residue in an N-acetyllactosamine (Galβ1-4GlcNAc) structure existing in a nonreducing terminus of a sugar chain via an α1,3-linkage, but not an activity to transfer fucose to an α2,3-sialyl N-acetyllactosamine (NeuAcα2-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc) structure existing in a nonreducing terminus of a sugar chain via an α1,3-linkage.