α-Galactosidase

α-Galactosidase
α-Galactosidase tetramer in Mortierella vinacea
Identifiers
EC no.3.2.1.22
CAS no.9025-35-8
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α-Galactosidase ( EC 3.2.1.22, α-GAL, α-GAL A; systematic name α-D-galactoside galactohydrolase) is a glycoside hydrolase enzyme that catalyses the following reaction:[1]

Hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing α-D-galactose residues in α-D-galactosides, including galactose oligosaccharides, galactomannans and galactolipids

It catalyzes many catabolic processes, including cleavage of glycoproteins, glycolipids, and polysaccharides.

The enzyme is encoded by the GLA gene.[2]

  1. ^ Scriver CR, Sly WS, Childs B, ABeaudet AL, Valle D, Kinzler KW, et al. (15 December 2000). The Metabolic & Molecular Basis of Inherited Disease (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-913035-8.
  2. ^ Calhoun DH, Bishop DF, Bernstein HS, Quinn M, Hantzopoulos P, Desnick RJ (November 1985). "Fabry disease: isolation of a cDNA clone encoding human α-galactosidase A". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 82 (21): 7364–8. Bibcode:1985PNAS...82.7364C. doi:10.1073/pnas.82.21.7364. PMC 391345. PMID 2997789.