KEGG   MODULE: M00554
Entry
M00554            Pathway   Module                                 
Name
Nucleotide sugar biosynthesis, galactose => UDP-galactose
Definition
K00849 K00965
Diagram
M00554

Orthology
K00849  
galactokinase [EC:2.7.1.6] [RN:R01092]
K00965  
UDPglucose--hexose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase [EC:2.7.7.12] [RN:R00955]
Class
Pathway modules; Carbohydrate metabolism; Other carbohydrate metabolism
Pathway
map00520  Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism
map00052  Galactose metabolism
map01250  Biosynthesis of nucleotide sugars
map01100  Metabolic pathways
Reaction
Compound
C00984  alpha-D-Galactose
C00446  alpha-D-Galactose 1-phosphate
C00052  UDP-alpha-D-galactose
Reference
  Authors
Damerow S, Lamerz AC, Haselhorst T, Fuhring J, Zarnovican P, von Itzstein M, Routier FH
  Title
Leishmania UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase: the missing link in galactose salvage?
  Journal
J Biol Chem 285:878-87 (2010)
DOI:10.1074/jbc.M109.067223
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