Molecular Basis for Severe Epimerase Deficiency Galactosemia
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Comparison of dynamics of wildtype and V94M human UDP-galactose 4-epimerase-A computational perspective on severe epimerase-deficiency galactosemia.
UDP-galactose 4'-epimerase (GALE) catalyzes the interconversion of UDP-galactose and UDP-glucose, an important step in galactose catabolism. Type III galactosemia, an inherited metabolic disease, is associated with mutations in human GALE. The V94M mutation has been associated with a very severe form of type III galactosemia. While a variety of structural and biochemical studies have been repor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m101304200