Galactose-6-phosphate isomerase

Template:Infobox enzyme In enzymology, a galactose-6-phosphate isomerase (Template:EnzExplorer) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

D-galactose 6-phosphate $\rightleftharpoons$ D-tagatose 6-phosphate

Hence, this enzyme has one substrate, D-galactose 6-phosphate, and one product, D-tagatose 6-phosphate.

This enzyme belongs to the family of isomerases, specifically those intramolecular oxidoreductases interconverting aldoses and ketoses. The systematic name of this enzyme class is D-galactose-6-phosphate aldose-ketose-isomerase. This enzyme participates in galactose metabolism.

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