Name | galactose transmembrane transporter activity |
ID | GO_0005354 |
collection_id | Molecular function |
Description | Enables the transfer of galactose from one side of a membrane to the other. D-galactose is widely distributed in combined form in plants, animals and microorganisms as a constituent of oligo- and polysaccharides; it also occurs in galactolipids and as its glucoside in lactose and melibiose. |
Related synonym | galactose/glucose (methylgalactoside) porter activity |
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