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Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 2584
Gene name Galactokinase 1
Gene symbol GALK1
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
GALKGK1HEL-S-19
Chromosome 17
Chromosome location 17q25.1
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]
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs80084721 G>A,T Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs104894572 G>A,T Pathogenic Missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs104894577 C>A Pathogenic Stop gained, coding sequence variant
rs113464656 C>A,G,T Likely-pathogenic Splice donor variant
rs376790302 G>A Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT029752 hsa-miR-26b-5p Microarray 19088304
MIRT040306 hsa-miR-615-3p CLASH 23622248
MIRT036546 hsa-miR-1225-5p CLASH 23622248
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000166 Function Nucleotide binding IEA
GO:0004335 Function Galactokinase activity EXP 7542884
GO:0004335 Function Galactokinase activity IBA
GO:0004335 Function Galactokinase activity IDA 7542884, 12694189
GO:0004335 Function Galactokinase activity IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
604313 4118 ENSG00000108479
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P51570
Protein name Galactokinase (EC 2.7.1.6) (Galactose kinase)
Protein function Catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate from ATP to alpha-D-galactose and participates in the first committed step in the catabolism of galactose.
PDB 1WUU , 6GR2 , 6Q3W , 6Q3X , 6Q8Z , 6Q90 , 6Q91 , 6QJE , 6ZFH , 6ZGV , 6ZGW , 6ZGX , 6ZGY , 6ZGZ , 6ZH0 , 7OZX , 7RCL , 7RCM , 7S49 , 7S4C
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00288 GHMP_kinases_N 126 → 194 GHMP kinases N terminal domain Family
PF08544 GHMP_kinases_C 291 → 374 GHMP kinases C terminal Family
PF10509 GalKase_gal_bdg 18 → 67 Galactokinase galactose-binding signature Domain
Sequence
MAALRQPQVAELLAEARRAFREEFGAEPELAVSAPGRVNLIGEHTDYNQGLVLPMALELM
TVLVGSP
RKDGLVSLLTTSEGADEPQRLQFPLPTAQRSLEPGTPRWANYVKGVIQYYPAA
PLPGFSAVVVSSVPLGGGLSSSASLEVATYTFLQQLCPDSGTIAARAQVCQQAEHSFAGM
PCGIMDQFISLMGQ
KGHALLIDCRSLETSLVPLSDPKLAVLITNSNVRHSLASSEYPVRR
RQCEEVARALGKESLREVQLEELEAARDLVSKEGFRRARHVVGEIRRTAQAAAALRRGDY
RAFGRLMVESHRSLRDDYEVSCPELDQLVEAALAVPGVYGSRMTGGGFGGCTVTLLEASA
APHAMRHIQEHYGG
TATFYLSQAADGAKVLCL
Sequence length 392
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
KEGG Pathway Reactome Pathway
Galactose metabolism Defective GALK1 can cause Galactosemia II (GALCT2)
Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism Galactose catabolism
Metabolic pathways  
Biosynthesis of nucleotide sugars  
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession Evidence Score
Deficiency of galactokinase Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs2545899470, rs775843885, rs2143608501, rs2143603585, rs767790909, rs2143601360, rs142772020, rs2061564118, rs2143608720, rs2143608028, rs2143605190, rs767799179, rs2143586633, rs2061596711, rs2143585254
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RCV004576134
RCV001381964
RCV001390010
RCV001580707
RCV001995252
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ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
GALK1-related disorder Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs759699355, rs375690568 RCV004754883
RCV004754550
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ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Show/Hide Unknown Diseases (11)
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Reference Evidence Score
ASTHMA — GWAS catalog 34594039
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CATARACT — CTD 7670469
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EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, JUNCTIONAL 5A, INTERMEDIATE — Disgenet —
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EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA, JUNCTIONAL 5B, WITH PYLORIC ATRESIA — Disgenet —
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GALACTOSEMIA II — HPO —
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Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Show/Hide Text Mining Associations (41)
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Adult junctional epidermolysis bullosa (disorder) Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa CLINVAR_DG 10484780, 12485428
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Pubtator 33115496 Associate
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Blindness Blindness Pubtator 10521295 Associate
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Brain Diseases Brain disease Pubtator 32807972, 38353984 Associate
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Cataract Cataract BEFREE 10570908, 11231902, 11978883, 12705493, 15003454, 15024738, 2122118, 29580649, 29893426, 3951827, 7670469
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Cataract Cataract Pubtator 12694189, 12942049, 173185, 32807972, 8908517 Associate
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Cataract Cataract CTD_human_DG 7670469
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Cataract Cataract HPO_DG
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Classical galactosemia Galactosemia BEFREE 12350230, 12694189, 15003454, 22632133, 27789348, 28672748, 28961353, 29893426, 3043741, 30806949, 31808946, 9540406
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Classical galactosemia Galactosemia CTD_human_DG 7670469
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