The metabolism of glucocerebrosides - From 1965 to the present.

Gaucher disease is caused by the defective catabolism of the simple glycosphingolipid, glucosylceramide (GlcCer), due to mutations in the GBA1 gene which encodes for acidβ-glucosidase (GCase), the lysosomal enzyme that degrades GlcCer. Today, Gaucher disease patients are routinely treated with recom...

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Main Authors: Futerman, A, Platt, F
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016