GALE Polyclonal Antibody

Reddot Biotech

GALE Polyclonal Antibody

5

ImmunoFluorescence

Research Use Only

1 mg/ml

Unconjugated

GALE

UDP-galactose-4-epimerase

epididymis secretory sperm binding protein; galactose-4-epimerase, UDP-; galactowaldenase; SDR1E1; short chain dehydrogenase/reductase family 1E, member 1; UDP galactose-4'-epimerase; UDP-GalNAc 4-epimerase; UDP-GlcNAc 4-epimerase; UDP-glucose 4-epimerase; UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine 4-epimerase; UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 4-epimerase

Rabbit

IgG

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 mental retardation, with symptoms ranging from mild (peripheral form) to severe (generalized form). Multiple alternatively spliced transcripts encoding the same protein have been identified.

Human, Mouse, Rat

-20°C

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