The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen UDP-Galactose-4-Epimerase across different species:

UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (GALE), galactose-4-epimerase, UDP (Gale), UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (Gale), UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (gale), RHD1 (ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE 1); UDP-glucose 4-epimerase/ protein dimerization (RHD1), UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (ECs0787), UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (galE), UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, GalE (galE), UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (galE-1), UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (galE-2), UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (galE), UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (SG0897), UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (galD), UDP-galactose-4-epimerase (Ent638_1250), acid phosphatase 2, lysosomal (ACP2)

Other aliases include:

SDR1E1, FLJ95174, FLJ97302, AI323962, 2310002A12Rik, GALE, MGC136578, im:7147391, wu:fb05f01, zgc:136578, F15H21.11, F15H21_11, REB1, RHD1, ROOT EPIDERMAL BULGER1, ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE 1, UDP-GLUCOSE 4-EPIMERASE, UGE4, ECK0748, galD, JW0742, galE

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen UDP-Galactose-4-Epimerase:

UDP-galactose-4-epimerase – galactowaldenase – UDP-glucose 4-epimerase – UDP galactose-4'-epimerase – galactose-4-epimerase, UDP- – short chain dehydrogenase/reductase family 1E, member 1 – OTTMUSP00000010415 – OTTMUSP00000010416 – UDP-galactose 4-epimerase – galactose-4-epimerase, UDP – RHD1 (ROOT HAIR DEFECTIVE 1); UDP-glucose 4-epimerase/ protein dimerization – UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, GalE – acid phosphatase 2, lysosomal

UDP-Galactose-4-Epimerase fulfills a number of functions:

UDP-glucose 4-epimerase activity – binding – coenzyme binding – isomerase activity – protein homodimerization activity – catalytic activity – racemase and epimerase activity, acting on carbohydrates and derivatives – protein dimerization activity – cell surface antigen activity, host-interacting – acid phosphatase activity – hydrolase activity – phosphoprotein phosphatase activity – phosphotyrosine binding

UDP-Galactose-4-Epimerase is relevant to the following processes:

carbohydrate metabolic process – cellular metabolic process – galactose catabolic process – galactose metabolic process – metabolic process – cell wall biogenesis – plant-type cell wall biogenesis – rhamnogalacturonan I biosynthetic process – rhamnogalacturonan II biosynthetic process – root epidermal cell differentiation – xyloglucan biosynthetic process – NAD biosynthetic process – carbohydrate catabolic process – colanic acid biosynthetic process – response to desiccation – lysosome organization – response to organic substance – skeletal system development

Locations for UDP-Galactose-4-Epimerase:

cytosol – cellular_component – Golgi stack – cytoplasm – integral to membrane – lysosomal lumen – membrane – synaptosome

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology