Names & Taxonomy
- Uniprot ID:
- P51570
- Entry Name:
- GALK1_HUMAN
- Status:
- reviewed
- Protein Names:
- Galactokinase (EC 2.7.1.6) (Galactose kinase)
- Gene Names:
- GALK1 GALK
- Gene Names Primary:
- GALK1
- Organism:
- Homo sapiens (Human)
Structure
- Length:
- 392
- Sequence:
- MAALRQPQVAELLAEARRAFREEFGAEPELAVSAPGRVNLIGEHTDYNQGLVLPMALELMTVLVGSPRKDGLVSLLTTSEGADEPQRLQFPLPTAQRSLEPGTPRWANYVKGVIQYYPAAPLPGFSAVVVSSVPLGGGLSSSASLEVATYTFLQQLCPDSGTIAARAQVCQQAEHSFAGMPCGIMDQFISLMGQKGHALLIDCRSLETSLVPLSDPKLAVLITNSNVRHSLASSEYPVRRRQCEEVARALGKESLREVQLEELEAARDLVSKEGFRRARHVVGEIRRTAQAAAALRRGDYRAFGRLMVESHRSLRDDYEVSCPELDQLVEAALAVPGVYGSRMTGGGFGGCTVTLLEASAAPHAMRHIQEHYGGTATFYLSQAADGAKVLCL
- Proteomes:
- UP000005640
Function
- Function:
- Major enzyme for galactose metabolism.
- Pathway:
- Carbohydrate metabolism; galactose metabolism.
- Catalytic Activity:
- ATP + alpha-D-galactose = ADP + alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate.
- Active Site:
- ACT_SITE 186 186 Proton acceptor.
- Gene Ontology Go:
- cytoplasm
cytosol
extracellular exosome
membrane
ATP binding
galactokinase activity
galactose binding
carbohydrate metabolic process
galactitol metabolic process
galactose catabolic process
galactose metabolic process
glycolytic process from galactose
small molecule metabolic process - Gene Ontology Biological Process:
- carbohydrate metabolic process
galactitol metabolic process
galactose catabolic process
galactose metabolic process
glycolytic process from galactose
small molecule metabolic process - Gene Ontology Molecular Function:
- ATP binding
galactokinase activity
galactose binding - Gene Ontology Cellular Component:
- cytoplasm
cytosol
extracellular exosome
membrane - Keywords:
- 3D-structure
ATP-binding
Alternative splicing
Carbohydrate metabolism
Cataract
Complete proteome
Direct protein sequencing
Disease mutation
Galactose metabolism
Kinase
Nucleotide-binding
Phosphoprotein
Polymorphism
Reference proteome
Transferase