| UniProt functional annotation for P12065 | |||
| UniProt code: P12065. |
| Organism: | Papio cynocephalus (Yellow baboon). | |
| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecinae; Papio. | |
| 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. | |
| Subunit: | Lactose synthase (LS) is a heterodimer of a catalytic component, beta1,4-galactosyltransferase (beta4Gal-T1) and a regulatory component, alpha-lactalbumin (LA). | |
| Subcellular location: | Secreted. | |
| Tissue specificity: | Mammary gland specific. Secreted in milk. | |
| Similarity: | Belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 22 family. {ECO:0000255|PROSITE-ProRule:PRU00680}. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.