title: Cloning of a human galactokinase gene (GK2) on chromosome 15 by complementation in yeast.
abstract: A human cDNA encoding a galactokinase (EC 2.7.1.6) was isolated by complementation of a galactokinase-deficient (gal1-) strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This cDNA encodes a predicted protein of 458 amino acids with 29% identity to galactokinase of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis. Previous studies have mapped a human galactokinase gene (GK1) to chromosome 17q23-25, closely linked to thymidine kinase. The galactokinase gene that we have isolated (GK2) is located on chromosome 15. The relationship between the disease locus for galactokinase deficiency galactosemia, which is responsible for cataracts in newborns and possibly presenile cataracts in adults, and the two galactokinase loci is unknown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Kimura Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Calman
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Herskowitz
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: O'Donnell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005686:Galactokinase / Q000235:genetics*; D015723:Gene Library; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D006822:Hybrid Cells; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D005686:Galactokinase