galactokinase


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galactokinase

[gə¦lak·tə′kī‚nās]
(biochemistry)
An enzyme which reactsD-galactose with adenosinetriphosphate to giveD-galactose-1-phosphate and adenosine diphosphate.
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A study of galactokinase and glucose 4-epimerase from normal and galactosemic skin fibroblasts.
Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry enzyme assay for UDP-galactose 4'-epimerase: use of fragment intensity ratio in differentiation of structural isomers
Physicians do not routinely screen for galactokinase deficiency, and in any case they would interpret the levels seen in the "low" group as normal by current standards.
... And the risk of developing cataracts
14]C]-galactose-1-phosphate by endogenous galactokinase is monitored and quantified by using densitometry after chromatographic separation (9).
Multiplex enzyme assay for galactosemia using ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
The assay of galactokinase and galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase activity in human erythrocytes: a presumed test for heterozygous carriers of the galactosemic defect.
Quantification of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase enzyme activity by liquid chromatography--tandem mass spectrometry
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