Encodes a UDP-glucose epimerase that catalyzes the interconversion of the sugar nucleotides UDP-glucose UDP-galactose via a UDP-4-keto-hexose intermediate. Responsive to stress.
Computational Description
UDP-D-glucose/UDP-D-galactose 4-epimerase 1 (UGE1); FUNCTIONS IN: UDP-glucose 4-epimerase activity, protein dimerization activity; INVOLVED IN: response to stress, galactose biosynthetic process; LOCATED IN: cytosol, plasma membrane; EXPRESSED IN: 32 plant structures; EXPRESSED DURING: 16 growth stages; CONTAINS InterPro DOMAIN/s: NAD-dependent epimerase/dehydratase (InterPro:IPR001509), NAD(P)-binding domain (InterPro:IPR016040), UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (InterPro:IPR005886), Nucleotide sugar epimerase (InterPro:IPR008089); BEST Arabidopsis thaliana protein match is: UDP-D-glucose/UDP-D-galactose 4-epimerase 3 (TAIR:AT1G63180.1); Has 42430 Blast hits to 42420 proteins in 2995 species: Archae - 799; Bacteria - 25009; Metazoa - 650; Fungi - 500; Plants - 1081; Viruses - 38; Other Eukaryotes - 14353 (source: NCBI BLink).