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... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Glycoside Hydrolases > Glucosidases > Glucosylceramidase

Preferred term

Glucosylceramidase  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Acid beta Glucosidase
  • Acid beta-Glucosidase
  • beta Glucocerebrosidase
  • beta-Glucocerebrosidase
  • beta-Glucosidase, Acid
  • beta-Glucosidase, Glucocerebroside
  • beta-Glucosidase, Glucosylceramide
  • Ceramidase, Glucosyl
  • Glucocerebrosidase
  • Glucocerebroside beta Glucosidase
  • Glucocerebroside beta-Glucosidase
  • Glucosyl Ceramidase
  • Glucosylceramide beta Glucosidase
  • Glucosylceramide beta-Glucosidase
  • Glucosyl Hydrolase, Glucosylsphingosine
  • Glucosylsphingosine Glucosyl Hydrolase
  • Hydrolase, Glucosylsphingosine Glucosyl

Note

  • /defic: consider also GAUCHER DISEASE

Scope note

  • A glycosidase that hydrolyzes a glucosylceramide to yield free ceramide plus glucose. Deficiency of this enzyme leads to abnormally high concentrations of glucosylceramide in the brain in GAUCHER DISEASE. EC 3.2.1.45.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under GLUCOSIDASES 1975-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005962

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