ENTRY       M00554            Pathway   Module
NAME        UDP-Gal biosynthesis, Gal => UDP-Gal
DEFINITION  K00849 K00965
ORTHOLOGY   K00849  galactokinase [EC:2.7.1.6] [RN:R01092]
            K00965  UDPglucose--hexose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase [EC:2.7.7.12] [RN:R00955]
CLASS       Pathway modules; Glycan metabolism; Nucleotide sugar biosynthesis
PATHWAY     map00520  Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism
            map00052  Galactose metabolism
            map01250  Biosynthesis of nucleotide sugars
            map01100  Metabolic pathways
REACTION    R01092 C00984 -> C00446
            R00955 C00446 -> C00052
COMPOUND    C00984  alpha-D-Galactose
            C00446  alpha-D-Galactose 1-phosphate
            C00052  UDP-alpha-D-galactose
REFERENCE   PMID:19906649
  AUTHORS   Damerow S, Lamerz AC, Haselhorst T, Fuhring J, Zarnovican P, von Itzstein M, Routier FH
  TITLE     Leishmania UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase: the missing link in galactose salvage?
  JOURNAL   J Biol Chem 285:878-87 (2010)
            DOI:10.1074/jbc.M109.067223
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