InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Bos taurus Gene: GALK1

Summary

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-643158.3

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

GALK1

Gene Name

galactokinase

Synonyms

Species

Bos taurus

Ensembl Gene

ENSBTAG00000014964

Encoded Proteins

IDBP-695692

galactokinase

Protein Structure

Useful resources

Stemformatics EHFPI ImmGen

Entrez Gene

Summary

This gene does not have any Entrez summary - the following is the summary from its human ortholog ENSG00000108479:
Galactokinase is a major enzyme for the metabolism of galactose and its deficiency causes congenital cataracts during infancy and presenile cataracts in the adult population. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Gene Information

Type

Protein coding

Genomic Location

Chromosome 19:56465683-56472219

Strand

Forward strand

Band

Transcripts

ENSBTAT00000019921

ENSBTAP00000019921

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 0 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 8 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.

Predicted by orthology
Total	8 [view]

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0000166	nucleotide binding
GO:0004335	galactokinase activity
GO:0005515	protein binding
GO:0005524	ATP binding
GO:0005534	galactose binding
GO:0016301	kinase activity
GO:0016740	transferase activity
GO:0016773	phosphotransferase activity, alcohol group as acceptor

Biological Process

GO:0006012	galactose metabolic process
GO:0008152	metabolic process
GO:0016310	phosphorylation
GO:0019402	galactitol metabolic process
GO:0046835	carbohydrate phosphorylation