| EC |
3.2.1.46 |
| Accepted name: |
galactosylceramidase |
| Reaction: |
a D-galactosyl-N-acylsphingosine + H2O = D-galactose + a ceramide |
| Glossary: |
a ceramide = an N-acylsphingosine |
| Other name(s): |
cerebroside galactosidase; galactocerebroside.β-galactosidase; galactosylcerebrosidase; galactocerebrosidase; ceramide galactosidase; galactocerebroside galactosidase; galactosylceramide.β-galactosidase; cerebroside β-galactosidase; galactosylceramidase I; β-galactosylceramidase; galactocerebroside-β-D-galactosidase; lactosylceramidase I; β-galactocerebrosidase; lactosylceramidase |
| Systematic name: |
D-galactosyl-N-acylsphingosine galactohydrolase |
| Comments: |
cf. EC 3.2.1.62 glycosylceramidase. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, Gene, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9027-89-8 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Brady, R.O., Gal, A.E., Kanfer, J.N. and Bradley, R.M. The metabolism of glucocerebrosides. 3. Purification and properties of a glucosyl- and galactosylceramide-cleaving enzyme from rat intestinal tissue. J. Biol. Chem. 240 (1965) 3766–3770. [PMID: 5320641] |
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