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-The intermediate that is necessary for the conversion of galactose to glucose is ____________.

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The intermediate necessary for the conversion of galactose to glucose is UDP-glucose. This conversion involves the Leloir pathway, where galactose is first phosphorylated by galactokinase to galactose-1-phosphate, then converted to UDP-glucose before it can be transformed into glucose-1-phosphate and eventually into glucose.

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