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English
Etymology
From glucocerebroside + -ase.
Noun
glucocerebrosidase (countable and uncountable, plural glucocerebrosidases)
- (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.
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