5th February 2024

Galactose metabolism

The main pathway is the Leloir pathway, which converts beta-D-galactose to alpha-D-galactose and using galactokinase enzyme to galactose-1-phosphate, then to UDP-glucose using galactose-1-phosphate uridylytransferase.

Image Source: Wikimedia Commons (2013). Galactose metabolic pathway, Licensed under a creative commons licence. Available for free at: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Galactose_metabolic_pathway.png (Accessed: 21 December 2023).