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Glucocerebrosidase vs Imiglucerase - What's the difference?

glucocerebrosidase | imiglucerase |

As nouns the difference between glucocerebrosidase and imiglucerase

is that 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 while imiglucerase is a medication used in the treatment of gaucher's disease, a recombinant dna-produced analogue of human β-glucocerebrosidase.

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

    imiglucerase

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia imiglucerase)
  • A medication used in the treatment of Gaucher's disease, a recombinant DNA-produced analogue of human ?-glucocerebrosidase.