| glucosylceramidase | <enzyme> 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's disease. Chemical name: D-Glucosyl-N-acylsphingosine glucosylhydrolase Registry number: EC 3.2.1.45 (12 Dec 1998) |
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| glucosylceramide | A neutral glycolipid containing equimolar amounts of fatty acid, glucose, and sphingosine (or a derivative thereof); accumulates in individuals with Gaucher disease. Synonym: glucocerebroside. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glucosylceramide beta-1-4-galactosyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses the formation of lactosylceramide from glucosylceramide and udp galactose; also uses dihexosides as acceptor Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: udpgalactose ceramide monohexoside galactosyltransferase, glccer galactosyltransferase, galt-2, udpgalactose-glucosylceramide beta-1-4-galactosyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| glucosylceramides | Cerebrosides which contain as their polar head group a glucose moiety bound in glycosidic linkage to the hydroxyl group of ceramides. Their accumulation in tissue, due to a defect in beta-glucosidase, is the cause of gaucher's disease. (12 Dec 1998) |
| glucosylglycerol-phosphate phosphatase | <enzyme> Isolated from synechocystis; do not confuse with stpa protein from e. Coli Registry number: EC 3.1.3.- Synonym: stpa gene product, synechocystis (26 Jun 1999) |
| glucosyltransferase | <enzyme> An enzyme which transfers residues of glucose (a sugar) to acceptor molecules. (09 Oct 1997) |
| glucosyltransferases | <enzyme> Enzymes that catalyze the transfer of glucose from a nucleoside diphosphate glucose to an acceptor molecule which is frequently another carbohydrate. Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| gluculase | <enzyme> Snail gut juice which degrades cell walls; no other information available 6/84 Registry number: EC 3.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| glucuronan lyase | <enzyme> Catalyses beta-elimination cleavage of acetylated and deacetylated (1->4)-beta-d-glucuronan Registry number: EC 4.2.2.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| glucuronate | A salt or ester of glucuronic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glucuronate 2-sulfatase | <enzyme> does not act on iduronate-2-sulfate Registry number: EC 3.1.6.- Synonym: glucurono-2-sulfatase (26 Jun 1999) |
| glucuronate reductase | <enzyme> Alpha-1-6 in the presence of alpha-1,3 glucosidic linkages; text Registry number: EC 1.1.1.19 Synonym: glucuronoreductase, hexonate dehydrogenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| glucurone | Lactone of d-glucofuranuronic acid;used as a means of orally administering glucuronic acid in the management of collagen and joint diseases. Synonym: glucurone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| glucuronic acid | <biochemistry> A glucose molecule which has had its sixth carbon atom (of six total) oxidized. It has the chemical formula C6H10O7. (09 Oct 1997) |
| glucuronidase | <enzyme> Chemical name: beta-D-Glucuronoside glucuronosohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.2.1.31 (12 Dec 1998) |