Diseases and Disorders, Diseases of Carbohydrate Metabolism
Last Updated: July 13, 2026 Introduction Galactose metabolism disorders result from the inheritance of pathogenic variants in genes encoding the enzymes of galactose metabolism. Metabolism of galactose allows the carbons to enter the pathway of glycolysis. Galactose...
Biochemistry Topics, Carbohydrate Metabolism
Last Updated: June 29, 2026 Galactose Metabolism Galactose, which is metabolized from the milk sugar, lactose (a disaccharide of glucose and galactose), enters glycolysis by its conversion to glucose-1-phosphate (G1P). This occurs through a series of steps that is...