Galactose mutarotase

Galactose mutarotase (aldose 1-epimerase)
PDB rendering based on 1snz.
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB List of PDB id codes 1SNZ, 1SO0
Identifiers
Symbols	GALM ; GLAT; HEL-S-63p; IBD1
External IDs	OMIM: 608883 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 vesicular exosome Biological process • glucose metabolic process • galactose metabolic process Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	130589	319625
Ensembl	ENSG00000143891	ENSMUSG00000035473
UniProt	Q96C23	Q8K157
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_138801	NM_176963
RefSeq (protein)	NP_620156	NP_795937
Location (UCSC)	Chr 2: 38.89 – 38.97 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