F2252
L-(−)-Fucose
≥98% (GC)
Synonym(s):
6-Deoxy-L-galactose
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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C6H12O5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
164.16
UNSPSC Code:
12352201
NACRES:
NA.25
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
219-452-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1723321
MDL number:
assay
≥98% (GC)
form
powder
technique(s)
gas chromatography (GC): suitable
color
white
mp
150-153 °C (lit.)
solubility
H2O: soluble 50 mg/mL, clear to very slightly hazy
Quality Level
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General description
L-Fucose, a natural monosaccharide found in mammals, is an important component of several N- and O-linked glycans and glycolipids.
Application
L-(−)-Fucose has been used:
- as the non-haptenic sugar in lectin bead-binding assay to study its effects on the binding of immobilized lectins like peanut agglutinin (PNA) and Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA)
- as an internal standard to dilute the enzymatic hydrolysates for analytical methods
- in the synthesis of fucosyl thioglycoside
Biochem/physiol Actions
L-Fucose (6-Deoxy-L-galactose) is used in studies of fucoidan polysaccharides containing glycans. It is studied as a glycan modifying carbohydrate that generates antigenic sites recognized by IgE antibodies. L-Fucose is used as a substrate to identify, differentiate, and characterize enzymes such as fucosidase(s),l-fucose isomerase(s), and L-fucose dehydrogenase(s). It may be used to study organelles, and bacterial microcompartments, involved in the degradation of plant and algal cell wall sugars. L-Fucose may also be used as a reference compound in rare sugar identification and analysis.
L-Fucose is broadly used as a food additive. It possesses anti-inflammatory effects. It can inhibit the cutaneous immune reaction and alveolar macrophage priming. L-fucose can also suppress tumor growth and tumorigenesis.
Other Notes
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Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 3
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
ppe
Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)
Regulatory Listings
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Barbara Bolgiano et al.
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 10(8) (2021-08-29)
Towards achieving the goal of eliminating epidemic outbreaks of meningococcal disease in the African meningitis belt, a pentavalent glycoconjugate vaccine (NmCV-5) has been developed to protect against Neisseria meningitidis serogroups A, C, Y, W and X. MenA and X polysaccharides
Jing-Jing Liu et al.
Biotechnology and bioengineering, 116(4), 904-911 (2019-01-01)
L-Fucose (6-deoxy-L-galactose) is a major constituent of glycans and glycolipids in mammals. Fucosylation of glycans can confer unique functional properties and may be an economical way to manufacture L-fucose. Research can extract L-fucose directly from brown algae, or by enzymatic
Feng Gu et al.
Bioresource technology, 149, 375-382 (2013-10-17)
Green liquor (Na2S+Na2CO3, GL) pretreatment is a proven pathway to improve the enzymatic saccharification for the production of bioethanol. In this work, the effects of GL pretreatment on the chemical composition and enzymatic digestibility of rice straw at various total
Karineh Petrossian et al.
Acta histochemica, 109(6), 491-500 (2007-08-21)
By using a non-cancer and a cancer cell line originally from the same tissue (colon), coupled with testing lectins for cell binding and for their effects on these cell lines in culture, this study describes a simple multi-parameter approach that
Krzysztof Brzezinski et al.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography, 68(Pt 2), 160-168 (2012-01-28)
Rhizobial NodZ α1,6-fucosyltransferase (α1,6-FucT) catalyzes the transfer of the fucose (Fuc) moiety from guanosine 5'-diphosphate-β-L-fucose to the reducing end of the chitin oligosaccharide core during Nod-factor (NF) biosynthesis. NF is a key signalling molecule required for successful symbiosis with a
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