Galactose catabolism

Elsas LJ, Lai K. The molecular biology of galactosemia. Genet Med. 1998 Nov;1(1):40–8. doi: 10.1097/00125817-199811000-00009. PMID: 11261429.

Metabolites

alpha-D-Galactose

Formula: C6H12O6 (180.0633852)

CAS ID: 3646-73-9

alpha-D-Galactose 1-phosphate

Formula: C6H13O9P (260.0297178)

CAS ID: 2255-14-3

beta-D-Galactose

Formula: C6H12O6 (180.0633852)

CAS ID: 7296-64-2

H+

Formula: H (1.0078246)

CAS ID: 12408-02-5

Magnesium cation

Formula: Mg (23.98505)

CAS ID: 22537-22-0

ATP(4-)

Formula: C10H12N5O13P3 (502.9644492)

CAS ID:

UDP-alpha-D-glucose(2-)

Formula: C15H22N2O17P2 (564.0393702)

CAS ID:

NAD(1-)

Formula: C21H26N7O14P2 (662.1012936000001)

CAS ID: 53-84-9

ADP(3-)

Formula: C10H12N5O10P2 (424.0059412)

CAS ID:



Enzyme

EC Number name full name note
2.7.7.12 UDP-glucose-hexose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase UDP-glucose:alpha-D-galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
5.1.3.2 UDP-glucose 4-epimerase UDP-glucose 4-epimerase
5.1.3.3 Aldose 1-epimerase Aldose 1-epimerase
5.1.3.7 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4-epimerase UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 4-epimerase
5.4.2.2 phosphoglucomutase (alpha-D-glucose-1,6-bisphosphate-dependent) alpha-D-glucose 1,6-phosphomutase


Proteins

Protein ID name full name