Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.2.0)
Enables galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase activity. Involved in oligosaccharide biosynthetic process. Acts upstream of or within protein glycosylation. Predicted to be located in Golgi apparatus and membrane. Is expressed in embryo. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in vitamin B12 deficiency. Orthologous to several human genes including FUT2 (fucosyltransferase 2 (H blood group)).
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