Recombinant Human GALK1, His-tagged

• Cat.No.: GALK1-28117TH
• Product Overview: Recombinant full length protein (Human). This protein has an N-terminal His Tag.

Specification

• Description: Galactokinase is a major enzyme for the metabolism of galactose and its deficiency causes congenital cataracts during infancy and presenile cataracts in the adult population.
• Conjugation: HIS
• Source: E. coli
• Form: Liquid
• Purity: >95% by SDS-PAGE
• Storage buffer: Preservative: 0.002% Sodium AzideConstituents: 3mM Sodium chloride, 10mM Tris, 2.5mM Imidazole, pH 8.
• Storage: Aliquot and store at -80°C. Avoid repeated freeze / thaw cycles.
• Sequence Similarities: Belongs to the GHMP kinase family. GalK subfamily.

Gene Information

• Gene Name: GALK1 galactokinase 1 [ Homo sapiens ]
• Official Symbol: GALK1
• Synonyms: GALK1; galactokinase 1; GALK; galactokinase
• Gene ID: 2584
• mRNA Refseq: NM_000154
• Protein Refseq: NP_000145
• MIM: 604313
• Uniprot ID: P51570
• Chromosome Location: 17q23-q25
• Pathway: Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism, organism-specific biosystem; Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism, conserved biosystem; Galactose catabolism, organism-specific biosystem; Galactose metabolism, organism-specific biosystem; Galactose metabolism, conserved biosystem
• Function: ATP binding; galactokinase activity; galactose binding; kinase activity; nucleotide binding