Galactokinase deficiency

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Galactokinase deficiency Classification and external resources
ICD-10	E74.2
ICD-9	271.1
OMIM	230200
DiseasesDB	29829
eMedicine	ped/815

Galactokinase deficiency, also known as Galactosemia type 2 or GALK deficiency, is marked by an accumulation of galactose and galactitol secondary to the decreased conversion of galactose to galactose-1-phosphate by galactokinase.^[1]

[edit] Causes

This is an autosomal recessive disorder,^[2] and unlike galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency, the symptoms are relatively mild. The only known symptom in affected children is cataracts, which can present as a failure to develop a social smile, and failure to visually track moving objects.

[edit] See also

• Galactosemia

[edit] References

v • d • e Inborn error of carbohydrate metabolism (including glycogen storage diseases) (E73-74, 271) Disaccharide catabolism Lactose intolerance - Sucrose intolerance Monosaccharide catabolism fructose: Essential fructosuria - Fructose intolerance galactose/galactosemia : Galactokinase deficiency - Galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase galactosemia - Galactose epimerase deficiency Monosaccharide transport Glucose-galactose malabsorption - Inborn errors of renal tubular transport (Renal glycosuria) Glycolysis GSD type VII, Tarui's, phosphofructokinase - Triosephosphate isomerase deficiency - Pyruvate kinase deficiency Pyruvate catabolism PDHA - Fumarase deficiency Gluconeogenesis PCD - Fructose bisphosphatase deficiency - GSD type I, von Gierke, glucose 6-phosphatase Glycogenesis GSD type 0, glycogen synthase - GSD type IV, Andersen's, branching Glycogenolysis GSD type II, Pompe's, glucosidase - GSD type III, Cori's, debranching - GSD type V, McArdle, glycogen phosphorylase/GSD type VI, Hers', glycogen phosphorylase - GSD type I, von Gierke, glucose 6-phosphatas Pentose phosphate pathway Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency - Pentosuria Other Hyperoxaluria see also glycolysis enzymes, pentose phosphate pathway enzymes, fructose and galactose metabolism enzymes