Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science, Vol 7, Issue 6, 443-448
Copyright © 1977 by Association of Clinical Scientists
Disorders of galactose metabolism
OM Rennert
Galactose metabolism occupies a central position in modern biology through its relationship to cell surface antigenicity and its metabolic function as a component of glycolipids and glycoproteins. Disturbances in three fundamental reaction sequences of this hexose have led to a delineation of pathways of the chemistry resulting in the understanding of its metabolic fate. These inherited disorders of metabolism are prototypes for the application of nutritional therapy of biochemical genetic defects.