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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP00372
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 5608
Name Alpha-lactalbumin
Synonyms
  1. Lactose synthase B protein
  2. Lysozyme-like protein 7
Gene Name LALBA
Protein Type Enzyme
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in 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.
Pathways
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation CDG-IId
  • Galactose metabolism
  • GLUT-1 deficiency syndrome
  • Lactose Synthesis
Reactions
Uridine diphosphategalactose + D-Glucose → Uridine 5'-diphosphate + beta-Lactose details
GO Classification
Biological Process
signal transduction
cell-cell signaling
lactose biosynthetic process
defense response to bacterium
induction of apoptosis
Cellular Component
extracellular space
Function
ion binding
cation binding
metal ion binding
binding
catalytic activity
transferase activity
udp-glycosyltransferase activity
udp-galactosyltransferase activity
lactose synthase activity
transferase activity, transferring glycosyl groups
calcium ion binding
Molecular Function
lactose synthase activity
calcium ion binding
Process
metabolic process
primary metabolic process
carbohydrate metabolic process
oligosaccharide metabolic process
disaccharide metabolic process
lactose metabolic process
lactose biosynthetic process
Cellular Location
  1. Secreted
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Not Available
Locus Not Available
SNPs LALBA
Gene Sequence 
>429 bp
ATGAGGTTCTTTGTCCCTCTGTTCCTGGTGGGCATCCTGTTCCCTGCCATCCTGGCCAAG
CAATTCACAAAATGTGAGCTGTCCCAGCTGCTGAAAGACATAGATGGTTATGGAGGCATC
GCTTTGCCTGAATTGATCTGTACCATGTTTCACACCAGTGGTTATGACACACAAGCCATA
GTTGAAAACAATGAAAGCACGGAATATGGACTCTTCCAGATCAGTAATAAGCTTTGGTGC
AAGAGCAGCCAGGTCCCTCAGTCAAGGAACATCTGTGACATCTCCTGTGACAAGTTCCTG
GATGATGACATTACTGATGACATAATGTGTGCCAAGAAGATCCTGGATATTAAAGGAATT
GACTACTGGTTGGCCCATAAAGCCCTCTGCACTGAGAAGCTGGAACAGTGGCTTTGTGAG
AAGTTGTGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 142
Molecular Weight Not Available
Theoretical pI Not Available
Pfam Domain Function
Signals Not Available
Transmembrane Regions Not Available
Protein Sequence 
>Alpha-lactalbumin
MRFFVPLFLVGILFPAILAKQFTKCELSQLLKDIDGYGGIALPELICTMFHTSGYDTQAI
VENNESTEYGLFQISNKLWCKSSQVPQSRNICDISCDKFLDDDITDDIMCAKKILDIKGI
DYWLAHKALCTEKLEQWLCEKL
GenBank ID Protein 307104
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID P00709
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name LALBA_HUMAN
PDB IDs
GenBank Gene ID J00270
GeneCard ID LALBA
GenAtlas ID LALBA
HGNC ID HGNC:6480
References
General References
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