galM galactose-1-epimerase [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655] - Gene

Summary

Gene symbol: galM
Gene description: galactose-1-epimerase
Primary source: ASAP:ABE-0002566
Locus tag: b0756
See related: ECOCYC:EG11698
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 (strain: K-12, substrain: MG1655)
Lineage: Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
Also known as: ECK0745
Summary: GalM substrates include D-galactose, D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-xylose, maltose and lactose. [More information is available at EcoGene: EG11698].
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Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables aldose 1-epimerase activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables aldose 1-epimerase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables aldose 1-epimerase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables carbohydrate binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables catalytic activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables isomerase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in carbohydrate metabolic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
involved_in galactose metabolic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in glucose metabolic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in hexose metabolic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in cytoplasm	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in cytoplasm	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
located_in cytoplasm	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

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