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GALK1

Chr 17q25.1

galactokinase 1

MANE:
ENST00000588479.6

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Predicted protein structure

Clinical relevance (Genomics England PanelApp)

Diagnostic Grade (Green)

  • Bilateral congenital or childhood onset cataracts

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • DDG2P

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Fetal anomalies

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Likely inborn error of metabolism

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Neonatal cholestasis

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Undiagnosed metabolic disorders

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal
  • Childhood onset dystonia, chorea or related movement disorder

  • Cholestasis

    BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

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Disease associations (Open Targets)

  • galactokinase deficiency

    0.84
  • junctional epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia

    0.54
  • Junctional epidermolysis bullosa - pyloric atresia

    0.54
  • epidermolysis bullosa, junctional 5A, intermediate

    0.52
  • galactosemia

    0.46
  • Localized epidermolysis bullosa simplex

    0.35
  • junctional epidermolysis bullosa, non-Herlitz type

    0.35
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex 1C, localized

    0.35
  • junctional epidermolysis bullosa

    0.27
  • Hypercholesterolemia

    0.23

Score is the Open Targets composite evidence score (0-1). Higher = stronger gene-disease association.

Protein function (UniProt)

Galactokinase

Catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate from ATP to alpha-D-galactose and participates in the first committed step in the catabolism of galactose

Data sources: HGNC (CC BY 4.0), AlphaFold (CC BY 4.0, Jumper et al. Nature 2021), Genomics England PanelApp (CC BY 4.0), ClinGen, Open Targets (CC0), UniProt.

Not for sole clinical decision-making. Always verify against primary sources.