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UDP-glucose 4-epimerase GalE

Summary

Gene Symbol

galE

Organism

Sinorhizobium meliloti

External Links

NCBI Gene: 89577834
PubChem: 89577834

Annotation

Keyword

Carbohydrate metabolism
Exopolysaccharide synthesis
Galactose metabolism
Isomerase
NAD
Plasmid
Reference proteome

Proteins

Displaying **all 3** entries
UniProt	Protein Name
A0ABY8T3F3
P26503	Galactowaldenase
A0AAW9TTE3

Annotation information from UniProt.

Gene Ontology (GO)

Displaying **all 2** entries
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
polysaccharide biosynthetic process
galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

GO Hierarchy

biological process

metabolic process [inference]

catabolic process [inference]

small molecule catabolic process [inference]

monosaccharide catabolic process [inference]

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

organic substance catabolic process [inference]

carbohydrate catabolic process [inference]

monosaccharide catabolic process [inference]

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

biosynthetic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

cellular metabolic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

primary metabolic process [inference]

carbohydrate metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

monosaccharide metabolic process [inference]

hexose metabolic process [inference]

galactose metabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

monosaccharide catabolic process [inference]

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

carbohydrate catabolic process [inference]

monosaccharide catabolic process [inference]

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

small molecule metabolic process [inference]

monosaccharide metabolic process [inference]

hexose metabolic process [inference]

galactose metabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

monosaccharide catabolic process [inference]

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

small molecule catabolic process [inference]

monosaccharide catabolic process [inference]

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

organic substance metabolic process [inference]

carbohydrate metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

monosaccharide metabolic process [inference]

hexose metabolic process [inference]

galactose metabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

monosaccharide catabolic process [inference]

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

carbohydrate catabolic process [inference]

monosaccharide catabolic process [inference]

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

macromolecule metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide metabolic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

organic substance catabolic process [inference]

carbohydrate catabolic process [inference]

monosaccharide catabolic process [inference]

hexose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process [inference]

galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose

organic substance biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

carbohydrate biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

cellular process [inference]

cellular metabolic process [inference]

cellular biosynthetic process [inference]

macromolecule biosynthetic process [inference]

polysaccharide biosynthetic process

Displaying 1 entry
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
cytosol

GO Hierarchy

cellular component

cellular anatomical entity [inference]

cytosol

Displaying 1 entry
GO Term	Evidence Code	PMID
UDP-glucose 4-epimerase activity

GO Hierarchy

molecular function

catalytic activity [inference]

isomerase activity [inference]

racemase and epimerase activity [inference]

racemase and epimerase activity, acting on carbohydrates and derivatives [inference]

UDP-glucose 4-epimerase activity

Gene Ontology information from NCBI Gene and UniProt.

International Collaboration

GlyCosmos is a member of the GlySpace Alliance together with GlyGen and Glycomics@ExPASy.

Acknowledgements

Supported by JST NBDC Grant Number JPMJND2204

Partly supported by NIH Common Fund Grant #1U01GM125267-01

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Last updated: April 6, 2026

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