N-acetylgalactosamine kinase (galNAc kinase, galactokinase 2, GALK2, GK2)

Function

• phosphorylates galNAc
• also phosphorylates galactose when galactose is present at high concentrations

ATP + N-acetyl-D-galactosamine
               <-->
ADP + N-acetyl-alpha-D-galactosamine-1-phosphate

Structure

belongs to the GHMP kinase family, galK subfamily

More general terms

• galactokinase (GALK1, GALK)

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/137028
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q01415.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2585