BIOPEP-UWM: Report
| ID | 1084 |
| Name | alpha-lactalbumin, rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| sequence |
| Function: | |
| Number of residues | 140 |
| Chemical mass | 15724.6084 | Monoisotopic mass | 15714.4961 |
| Bibliographic data: | |
| Authors | |
| Prasad R.V., Butkowski R.J., Hamilton J.W., Ebner K.E. | |
| Title | |
| Amino acid sequence of rat alpha-lactalbumin: a unique alpha-lactalbumin. Biochemistry 21:1479-1482. | |
| Year | Source |
| 1982 | Journal |
| Additional information: |
| Alpha-lactalbumin is synthesized only in the mammary gland. This protein is a regulatory subunit of lactose synthase and changes substrate specificity of galactosyltransferase in the mammary gland making glucose a good acceptor substrate for this enzyme. |
| Database reference: | |||
| SWISS PROT entry name: LCA_RAT, accession number: P00714 |