Medical Definition of Utp-hexose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
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An enzyme that catalyses the synthesis of udpgalactose from utp and galactose-1-phosphate. It is present in low levels in foetal and infant liver, but increases with age, thereby enabling galactosaemic infants who survive to develop the capacity to metabolise galactose.
Chemical name: UTP:alpha-D-hexose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase
Registry number: EC 2.7.7.10
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Utp-hexose-1-phosphate Uridylyltransferase
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