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Glycolipid vs Glucocerebrosidase - What's the difference?

glycolipid | glucocerebrosidase |

As nouns the difference between glycolipid and glucocerebrosidase

is that glycolipid is glycolipid while 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.

glycolipid

English

Noun

(wikipedia glycolipid) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) an association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylinositol, found in cell membranes

    • 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