Pathway
Lactose synthesis
Synthesis of the disaccharide lactose takes place within the Golgi apparatus of epithelial cells of the lactating mammary gland. The synthesis itself is a single chemical reaction of free glucose and UDP-galactose to form lactose and UDP. For this reaction to occur, glucose is transported from the cytosol into the Golgi lumen, and B4GALT1 interacts with LALBA (alpha-lactalbumin) to modulate its substrate specificity.
REACT:R-HSA-5653890Reactome
What the reference databases state
Statements
3 statements
3 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: Lactose synthesis · Sources: Reactome
- B4GALT1 participates in Lactose synthesisProteinReactome R-HSA-5653890Inferred only
- LALBA participates in Lactose synthesisProteinReactome R-HSA-5653890Inferred only
- SLC2A1 participates in Lactose synthesisProteinReactome R-HSA-5653890Inferred only