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3.2.1.46: galactosylceramidase

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For detailed information about galactosylceramidase, go to the full flat file.

Word Map on EC 3.2.1.46

Reaction

a D-galactosyl-N-acylsphingosine
+
H2O
=
D-galactose
+
a ceramide

Synonyms

beta-galactocerebrosidase, beta-galactosylceramidase, ceramidase, galacatosyl-, ceramide galactosidase, cerebroside beta-galactosidase, cerebroside galactosidase, galactoceramidase, galactocerebrosidase, galactocerebroside beta-galactosidase, galactocerebroside galactosidase, galactocerebroside-beta-D-galactosidase, Galactosylceramidase, galactosylceramidase I, galactosylceramide beta-galactosidase, galactosylcerebrosidase, GALC, galcerase, GM1 ganglioside beta-galactosidase, lactosylceramidase, lactosylceramidase I

ECTree

     3 Hydrolases
         3.2 Glycosylases
             3.2.1 Glycosidases, i.e. enzymes that hydrolyse O- and S-glycosyl compounds
                3.2.1.46 galactosylceramidase

Substrates Products

Substrates Products on EC 3.2.1.46 - galactosylceramidase

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SUBSTRATE
PRODUCT                       
REACTION DIAGRAM
ORGANISM
UNIPROT
COMMENTARY
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LITERATURE
(Substrate)
COMMENTARY
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LITERATURE
(Product)
Reversibility
r=reversible
ir=irreversible
?=not specified
4-methylumbelliferyl beta-galactoside + H2O
methylumbelliferone + beta-D-galactose
show the reaction diagram
4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside + H2O
4-methylumbelliferone + beta-D-galactopyranose
show the reaction diagram
5-bromo-3-chloro-beta-galactopyranoside + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
-
-
-
?
6-hexadecanoylamino-4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-galactopyranoside + H2O
6-hexadecanoylamino-4-methylumbelliferone + beta-D-galactopyranose
show the reaction diagram
D-galactosyl-alkyl-acyl-glycerol + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
-
a precursor of the seminolipid
-
-
?
D-galactosyl-N-acylsphingosine + H2O
?
show the reaction diagram
D-galactosyl-N-acylsphingosine + H2O
D-galactose + N-acylsphingosine
show the reaction diagram
D-galactosylceramide + H2O
D-galactose + ceramide
show the reaction diagram
-
-
-
-
?
D-galactosylsphingoside + H2O
D-galactose + sphingosine
show the reaction diagram
-
i.e. psychosine
-
-
?
galactocerebroside + H2O
D-galactose + N-acylceramide
show the reaction diagram
galactosylceramide + H2O
D-galactose + N-acylceramide
show the reaction diagram
GM1 ganglioside + H2O
D-galactose + N-acylceramide
show the reaction diagram
lactosylsphingosine + H2O
lactose + sphingosine
show the reaction diagram
N-stearoyl psychosine + H2O
D-galactose + N-stearoylsphingosine
show the reaction diagram
-
-
-
-
?
psychosine + H2O
D-galactose + sphingosine
show the reaction diagram
additional information
?
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the enzyme is required for normal sperm maturation and function, enzyme deficiency leads to degeneration of oligodendrocytes, severe demyelination, and causes sperm abnormalities in the mouse model of human globoid cell leukodystrophy or Krabbe disease, mutant twitcher mice show reduced size of testis and sperm acrosomal membrane which is redundant, detached from the nucleus and folded over
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