Galactose mutarotase

Galactose mutarotase (aldose 1-epimerase)

PDB rendering based on 1snz.
Identifiers
Symbols GALM; BLOCK 25
External IDs OMIM608883 MGI2442420 HomoloGene71795 GeneCards: GALM Gene
EC number 5.1.3.3
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 130589 319625
Ensembl ENSG00000143891 ENSMUSG00000035473
UniProt Q96C23 Q3TSZ4
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_138801.2 NM_176963.4
RefSeq (protein) NP_620156.1 NP_795937.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 2:
38.89 – 38.97 Mb
Chr 17:
80.53 – 80.58 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

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.