CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 3.30.70.3170
Functional Family

Enzyme Information

2.7.1.6
Galactokinase.
based on mapping to UniProt P04385
ATP + alpha-D-galactose = ADP + alpha-D-galactose 1-phosphate.
-!- Part of the Leloir pathway for galactose metabolism. -!- The enzymes from mammals and from the bacterium Escherichia coli have no activity with N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P04385
GAL1_YEAST
Saccharomyces cerevisiae S288C
Galactokinase

PDB Structure

PDB 2AJ4
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism Escherichia
Primary Citation
Molecular structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gal1p, a bifunctional galactokinase and transcriptional inducer
Thoden, J.B., Sellick, C.A., Timson, D.J., Reece, R.J., Holden, H.M.
J.Biol.Chem.