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glucocerebrosidase

glucocerebrosidase noun: an enzyme that is needed to cleave, by hydrolysis, the beta-glucosidic linkage of glucocerebroside, an intermediate in glycolipid metabolism, and mutations in which cause Gaucher's disease.

Noun

glucocerebrosidase (countable and uncountable, plural glucocerebrosidases)

  1. An enzyme that is needed to cleave, by hydrolysis, the beta-glucosidic linkage of glucocerebroside, an intermediate in glycolipid metabolism, and mutations in which cause Gaucher's disease.

Synonyms of glucocerebrosidase

Forms of glucocerebrosidase

pluralglucocerebrosidases

Origin of glucocerebrosidase

From glucocerebroside + -ase.

Questions about glucocerebrosidase

What does glucocerebrosidase mean?
Glucocerebrosidase means an enzyme that is needed to cleave, by hydrolysis, the beta-glucosidic linkage of glucocerebroside, an intermediate in glycolipid metabolism, and mutations in which cause Gaucher's disease.
What part of speech is glucocerebrosidase?
Glucocerebrosidase is a noun.
What is the plural of glucocerebrosidase?
The plural of glucocerebrosidase is glucocerebrosidases.

Words near glucocerebrosidase in the dictionary

  1. glucocannogenol
  2. glucocapparin
  3. glucocentric
  4. glucoceramide
  5. glucoceramides
  6. glucocerebrosidase
  7. glucocerebrosidases
  8. glucocerebroside
  9. glucocerebrosides
  10. glucocerobrosidase
  11. glucocheirolin

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