"Acetylglucosaminidase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-glucose residues in chitobiose and higher analogs as well as in glycoproteins. Has been used widely in structural studies on bacterial cell walls and in the study of diseases such as MUCOLIPIDOSIS and various inflammatory disorders of muscle and connective tissue.
| Descriptor ID |
D000118
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.483.180.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Acetylglucosaminidase- Acetylglucosaminidase
- beta-D-Acetamido-2-Deoxyglucosidase
- beta D Acetamido 2 Deoxyglucosidase
- beta-D-N-acetylglucosaminidase
- beta D N acetylglucosaminidase
- N-Acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase
- N Acetyl beta D glucosaminidase
- Chitobiase
- N,N-Diacetylchitobiase
- N,N Diacetylchitobiase
- N-Ac-beta-Glucosaminidase
- N Ac beta Glucosaminidase
- NAGase
- beta-N-Acetylglucosaminidase
- beta N Acetylglucosaminidase
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[The preventive effect of calcium-channel blockers (nifedipine, verapamil) on the tubular toxicity of radiographic contrast media (Verografin, Hexabrix)]. Cas Lek Cesk. 1993 Dec 20; 132(24):737-42.
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Protective effects of verapamil on cis-platinum and carboplatinum nephrotoxicity in dehydrated and normohydrated rats. Biochem Int. 1992 Oct; 28(2):273-6.