| Dataset | Pathway Commons Protein-Protein Interactions |
| Category | physical interactions |
| Type | interacting protein |
| Description | lactalbumin, alpha-|This gene encodes alpha-lactalbumin, a principal protein of milk. Alpha-lactalbumin forms the regulatory subunit of the lactose synthase (LS) heterodimer and beta 1,4-galactosyltransferase (beta4Gal-T1) forms the catalytic component. Together, these proteins enable LS to produce lactose by transfering galactose moieties to glucose. As a monomer, alpha-lactalbumin strongly binds calcium and zinc ions and may possess bactericidal or antitumor activity. A folding variant of alpha-lactalbumin, called HAMLET, likely induces apoptosis in tumor and immature cells. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008] (NCBI Entrez Gene Database, 3906) |
| External Link | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/3906 |
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7 interacting proteins for LALBA from the Pathway Commons Protein-Protein Interactions dataset.
