Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Turning universal O into rare Bombay type blood

  • Itxaso Anso,
  • Andreas Naegeli,
  • Javier O. Cifuente,
  • Ane Orrantia,
  • Erica Andersson,
  • Olatz Zenarruzabeitia,
  • Alicia Moraleda-Montoya,
  • Mikel García-Alija,
  • Francisco Corzana,
  • Rafael A. Del Orbe,
  • Francisco Borrego,
  • Beatriz Trastoy,
  • Jonathan Sjögren,
  • Marcelo E. Guerin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37324-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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People with the rare Bombay-type Oh blood group can only be transfused with Oh blood. Here, the authors characterize a bacterial α−1,2-fucosidase that can convert universal O type into rare Bombay type blood.