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Fucose
Fucose
is a
hexose
deoxy sugar
with the
chemical formula
C
6
H
12
O
5
. It is found on
N-linked
glycans
on the
mammalian
, insect and plant
cell
surface, and is the fundamental sub-unit of the
fucoidan
polysaccharide
. α(1→3) linked core fucose is a suspected
carbohydrate
antigen
for
IgE
-mediated
allergy
.
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