Galactose mutarotase

Galactose mutarotase (aldose 1-epimerase)

PDB rendering based on 1snz.

Available structures

Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB

List of PDB id codes
1SNZ, 1SO0

Identifiers

Symbols

GALM ; BLOCK25; GLAT; HEL-S-63p; IBD1

External IDs

OMIM: 137030 MGI: 2442420 HomoloGene: 71795 GeneCards: GALM Gene

EC number

5.1.3.3

Gene ontology
Molecular function	• aldose 1-epimerase activity • carbohydrate binding
Cellular component	• cytoplasm • extracellular exosome
Biological process	• glucose metabolic process • galactose metabolic process
Sources: Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

RefSeq (mRNA)

RefSeq (protein)

Location (UCSC)

Chr 2:
38.67 – 38.74 Mb

Chr 17:
80.13 – 80.19 Mb

PubMed search

Galactose mutarotase (aldose 1-epimerase) (gene name GALM) is a human enzyme that converts alpha-aldose to the beta-anomer. It belongs to family of aldose epimerases.

PDB gallery

1snz: Crystal structure of apo human galactose mutarotase

1so0: Crystal structure of human galactose mutarotase complexed with galactose

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