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