
Alpha-lactalbumin
Name | Alpha-lactalbumin |
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Synonyms |
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Gene Name | LALBA |
Organism | Human |
Amino acid sequence | >lcl|BSEQ0012504|Alpha-lactalbumin MRFFVPLFLVGILFPAILAKQFTKCELSQLLKDIDGYGGIALPELICTMFHTSGYDTQAI VENNESTEYGLFQISNKLWCKSSQVPQSRNICDISCDKFLDDDITDDIMCAKKILDIKGI DYWLAHKALCTEKLEQWLCEKL |
Number of residues | 142 |
Molecular Weight | 16224.695 |
Theoretical pI | Not Available |
GO Classification | Functions
Processes
Components
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General Function | Lactose synthase activity |
Specific Function | Regulatory subunit of lactose synthase, changes the substrate specificity of galactosyltransferase in the mammary gland making glucose a good acceptor substrate for this enzyme. This enables LS to synthesize lactose, the major carbohydrate component of milk. In other tissues, galactosyltransferase transfers galactose onto the N-acetylglucosamine of the oligosaccharide chains in glycoproteins. |
Pfam Domain Function |
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Transmembrane Regions | Not Available |
GenBank Protein ID | Not Available |
UniProtKB ID | P00709 |
UniProtKB Entry Name | LALBA_HUMAN |
Cellular Location | Secreted |
Gene sequence | >lcl|BSEQ0012505|Alpha-lactalbumin (LALBA) ATGAGGTTCTTTGTCCCTCTGTTCCTGGTGGGCATCCTGTTCCCTGCCATCCTGGCCAAG CAATTCACAAAATGTGAGCTGTCCCAGCTGCTGAAAGACATAGATGGTTATGGAGGCATC GCTTTGCCTGAATTGATCTGTACCATGTTTCACACCAGTGGTTATGACACACAAGCCATA GTTGAAAACAATGAAAGCACGGAATATGGACTCTTCCAGATCAGTAATAAGCTTTGGTGC AAGAGCAGCCAGGTCCCTCAGTCAAGGAACATCTGTGACATCTCCTGTGACAAGTTCCTG GATGATGACATTACTGATGACATAATGTGTGCCAAGAAGATCCTGGATATTAAAGGAATT GACTACTGGTTGGCCCATAAAGCCCTCTGCACTGAGAAGCTGGAACAGTGGCTTTGTGAG AAGTTGTGA |
GenBank Gene ID | Not Available |
GeneCard ID | Not Available |
GenAtlas ID | Not Available |
HGNC ID | HGNC:6480 |
Chromosome Location | 12 |
Locus | Not Available |
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