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.

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glucosylceramidase
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Meanings

nounglucocerebrosidase (countable and uncountable, plural glucocerebrosidases)

plural glucocerebrosidases

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryAn 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: glucosylceramidase

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn 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.

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glucosylceramidase
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glucosylceramidase

Origin

From glucocerebroside + -ase.

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glucocerebrosidase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glucocerebrosidase

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