aldose 1-epimerase; galactose mutarotase; BLOCK25 protein (GALM)

Function

• hexose metabolism
• converts alpha-aldose to beta-anomer
• active on D-glucose, L-arabinose, D-xylose, D-galactose, maltose & lactose

alpha-D-glucose <--> beta-D-glucose

Structure

• monomer
• belongs to the aldose epimerase family

Compartment

cytoplasm

More general terms

• epimerase

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/608883
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q96C23.html