Multiple forms of membrane-bound β-glucosidase in Gaucher's disease
- 23 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Genetics
- Vol. 20 (2) , 161-167
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0004.1981.tb01822.x
Abstract
Two forms of membrane-bound .beta.-glucosidase in the spleen of normal individuals were distinguished by their thermostability properties. The heat-labile form A predominates; it catalyzes the hydrolysis of the natural substrate, glucosylceramide, and is activated by the detergent, sodium taurocholate. The minor heat-stable form B is inactive against glucosylceramide and is inhibited by taurocholate. The activity of form A increases from childhood to adult life, as does the activity of the soluble .beta.-glucosidase and of glucosylceramide .beta.-glucosidase. In the spleen of 9 patients with different types of Gaucher''s disease the residual membrane-bound .beta.-glucosidase was predominantly heat-stable and inhibited by taurocholate. There was no clear correlation between the properties of the residual enzyme in the different types of the disorder and their respective clinical severity. The biochemical pathogenesis and the enzymatic diagnosis of Gaucher''s disease is discussed.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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