Protein Name galactokinase
Organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C
Gene ID 852308
Gene Symbol

GAL1

UniProt P04385 (GAL1_YEAST)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 103
Total Number of Articles : 251
Description

galactokinase

Gene Summary

Enables galactokinase activity. Involved in carbohydrate phosphorylation; galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose, Leloir pathway; and positive regulation of transcription by galactose. Located in cytoplasm. Orthologous to human GALK2 (galactokinase 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • galactokinase
  • YBR020W
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Properties