glucocerebrosidase
English
editEtymology
editFrom glucocerebroside + -ase.
Noun
editglucocerebrosidase (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.