- β-
Glucocerebrosidase (also
called acid β-glucosidase, D-glucosyl-N-acylsphingosine glucohydrolase, or GCase) is an
enzyme with
glucosylceramidase activity...
- and spleen, and is
caused by a
hereditary deficiency of the
enzyme glucocerebrosidase (also
known as glucosylceramidase),
which acts on glucocerebroside...
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monosaccharide head
group is glucose. In Gaucher's disease, the
enzyme glucocerebrosidase is
nonfunctional and
cannot break down
glucocerebroside into glucose...
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recently been
shown to
increase activity of the
lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase.
Because of this it may be a
useful therapeutic agent for both Gaucher...
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Protalix and Pfizer.[full
citation needed] The drug, a
recombinant glucocerebrosidase used to
treat Gaucher's disease, is the
first plant-made pharmaceutical...
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Beutler E, West C,
Gelbart T (1992). "Polymorphisms in the
human glucocerebrosidase gene". Genomics. 12 (4): 795–800. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(92)90311-F...
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recently been
shown to
increase activity of the
lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase, so it may be a
useful therapeutic agent for both
Gaucher disease...
- LSD is Gaucher's disease,
which is due to
deficiency of the
enzyme glucocerebrosidase. Consequently, the
enzyme substrate, the
fatty acid glucosylceramide...
- Silverman, R.B. and Krainc, D.(2019)
Direct targeting of wild type
glucocerebrosidase improves pathogenic phenotypes in
multiple forms of Parkinson’s disease...
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Brady RO,
Kanfer JN, Shapiro, D.
Metabolism of
glucocerebrosidase. II.
Evidence of an
enzymatic deficiency in Gaucher's disease. Biochem...
