"Glucosylceramidase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D005962
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.420.412
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| Concept/Terms |
Glucosylceramidase- Glucosylceramidase
- beta-Glucocerebrosidase
- beta Glucocerebrosidase
- Acid beta-Glucosidase
- Acid beta Glucosidase
- beta-Glucosidase, Acid
- Glucocerebroside beta-Glucosidase
- Glucocerebroside beta Glucosidase
- beta-Glucosidase, Glucocerebroside
- Glucosylceramide beta-Glucosidase
- Glucosylceramide beta Glucosidase
- beta-Glucosidase, Glucosylceramide
- Glucosylsphingosine Glucosyl Hydrolase
- Glucosyl Hydrolase, Glucosylsphingosine
- Hydrolase, Glucosylsphingosine Glucosyl
- Glucosyl Ceramidase
- Ceramidase, Glucosyl
- Glucocerebrosidase
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