Recombinant Human UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (GALE)

Cat.No	ACP04108	Target Name	GALE
Form	Liquid or Lyophilized powder	Expression System	E.coli
Expression Range	1-348aa	Mol Weight	54.3kDa
Protein Length	Full length	Purity	Greater than 90% as determined by SDS-PAGE.
Storage Buffer	5%-50% glycerol. Lyophilized powder form: the buffer before lyophilization is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 6% Trehalose, Liquid form: default storage buffer is Tris/PBS-based buffer, pH 8.0.

Cat.No

ACP04108

Target Name

GALE

Form

Liquid or Lyophilized powder

Expression System

E.coli

Expression Range

1-348aa

Mol Weight

54.3kDa

Protein Length

Full length

Purity

Greater than 90% as determined by SDS-PAGE.

Storage Buffer

5%-50% glycerol. Lyophilized powder form: the buffer before lyophilization is Tris/PBS-based buffer, 6% Trehalose, Liquid form: default storage buffer is Tris/PBS-based buffer, pH 8.0.

Target Species	Human	Uniprot ID	Q14376

Background Information

Uniprot Id

Q14376
Target Species

Human
Target Name

GALE
Target Full Name

UDP-glucose 4-epimerase
Target Function

Catalyzes two distinct but analogous reactions: the reversible epimerization of UDP-glucose to UDP-galactose and the reversible epimerization of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine to UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine. The reaction with UDP-Gal plays a critical role in the Leloir pathway of galactose catabolism in which galactose is converted to the glycolytic intermediate glucose 6-phosphate. It contributes to the catabolism of dietary galactose and enables the endogenous biosynthesis of both UDP-Gal and UDP-GalNAc when exogenous sources are limited. Both UDP-sugar interconversions are important in the synthesis of glycoproteins and glycolipids.
Target Involvement

Epimerase-deficiency galactosemia (EDG)
Target Protein Families

NAD(P)-dependent epimerase/dehydratase family
Target Research Area

Cell Biology
Target Synonyms

FLJ95174; FLJ97302; Galactose 4 epimerase UDP; Galactowaldenase; galE; GALE_HUMAN; OTTHUMP00000002991; OTTHUMP00000002994; OTTHUMP00000037931; OTTHUMP00000044857; SDR1E1; short chain dehydrogenase/reductase family 1E member 1; UDP galactose 4 epimerase; UDP galactose 4' epimerase; UDP glucose 4 epimerase; UDP-galactose 4-epimerase; UDP-glucose 4-epimerase
Target Background

This gene encodes UDP-galactose-4-epimerase which catalyzes two distinct but analogous reactions: the epimerization of UDP-glucose to UDP-galactose, and the epimerization of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine to UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine. The bifunctional nature of the enzyme has the important metabolic consequence that mutant cells (or individuals) are dependent not only on exogenous galactose, but also on exogenous N-acetylgalactosamine as a necessary precursor for the synthesis of glycoproteins and glycolipids. Mutations in this gene result in epimerase-deficiency galactosemia, also referred to as galactosemia type 3, a disease characterized by liver damage, early-onset cataracts, deafness and cognitive disability, with symptoms ranging from mild ('peripheral' form) to severe ('generalized' form). Multiple alternatively spliced transcripts encoding the same protein have been identified.

Recombinant Human UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (GALE)

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