galactose transmembrane transporter activity
id: GO:0005354
name: galactose transmembrane transporter activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: Catalysis of the transfer of galactose from one side of the 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.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0015371 | galactose:sodium symporter activity |
| GO:0015517 | galactose:hydrogen symporter activity |
| GO:0050782 | galactose uniporter activity |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0015149 | hexose transmembrane transporter activity |
