======= GALK1 ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: GALK1 * **Official Name**: galactokinase 1 * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=2584|2584]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P51570|P51570]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=GALK1&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20GALK1|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/604313|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]. * **UniProt Summary**: Major enzyme for galactose metabolism. |GalKase gal bdg| |GHMP kinases N| |GHMP kinases C| |glycolytic process from galactose| |glycolytic process through glucose-1-phosphate| |galactitol metabolic process| |galactokinase activity| |hexitol metabolic process| |galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose| |galactose binding| |galactose catabolic process| |galactose metabolic process| |carbohydrate phosphorylation| |alditol metabolic process| |glycolytic process through glucose-6-phosphate| |glycolytic process through fructose-6-phosphate| |glycolytic process| |ATP generation from ADP| |ADP metabolic process| |hexose catabolic process| |nucleoside diphosphate phosphorylation| |nucleotide phosphorylation| |monosaccharide catabolic process| |purine ribonucleoside diphosphate metabolic process| |purine nucleoside diphosphate metabolic process| |ribonucleoside diphosphate metabolic process| |pyruvate metabolic process| |nucleoside diphosphate metabolic process| |polyol metabolic process| |carbohydrate catabolic process| |hexose metabolic process| |cellular carbohydrate metabolic process| |monosaccharide metabolic process| |ATP metabolic process| |purine ribonucleotide metabolic process| |alcohol metabolic process| |ribonucleotide metabolic process| |purine nucleotide metabolic process| |ribose phosphate metabolic process| |purine-containing compound metabolic process| |generation of precursor metabolites and energy| |small molecule catabolic process| |nucleotide metabolic process| |nucleoside phosphate metabolic process| |organic hydroxy compound metabolic process| |carbohydrate metabolic process| |monocarboxylic acid metabolic process| |nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process| |organophosphate metabolic process| |carboxylic acid metabolic process| |oxoacid metabolic process| |organic acid metabolic process| |carbohydrate derivative metabolic process| |phosphorylation| |ATP binding| |small molecule metabolic process| |organic substance catabolic process| |membrane| \\ === CRISPR Data === No hits were found. No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 5875 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: 4.49 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}