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Enzyme vs Glucocerebrosidase - What's the difference?

enzyme | glucocerebrosidase |

As a verb enzyme

is .

As a noun glucocerebrosidase is

(biochemistry) 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.

enzyme

English

(wikipedia enzyme)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A globular protein that catalyses a biological chemical reaction.

    • Derived terms

    * adaptive enzyme * apoenzyme * coenzyme * haloenzyme * holoenzyme * ribozyme ----

    glucocerebrosidase

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia glucocerebrosidase)
  • (biochemistry) 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

    * glucosylceramidase