UniprotKB/SwissProt ID: Q9VRU1 (Q9VRU1)
Gene Name:
Galm2
Organism: Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly)
Function: Mutarotase that catalyzes the interconversion of beta-D-galactose and alpha-D-galactose during galactose metabolism. Beta-D-galactose is metabolized in the liver into glucose 1-phosphate, the primary metabolic fuel, by the action of four enzymes that constitute the Leloir pathway: GALM, GALK1 (galactokinase), GALT (galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase) and GALE (UDP-galactose-4'-epimerase). Involved in the maintenance of the equilibrium between the beta- and alpha-anomers of galactose, therefore ensuring a sufficient supply of the alpha-anomer for GALK1. Also active on D-glucose although shows a preference for galactose over glucose
Other Modifications: View all modification sites in dbPTM
Protein Subcellular Localization: Cytoplasm
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