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Purification and characterization of a cytosolic broad specificity beta-glucosidase from human liver. 1981

L B Daniels, and P J Coyle, and Y B Chiao, and R H Glew, and R S Labow

A cytoplasmic beta-glucosidase has been isolated and purified 9,000-fold to homogeneity from the liver of a case of type 1 Gaucher's disease to a specific activity of 400,000 nmol/h/mg of protein. Although markedly elevated above control levels in this case of adult Gaucher's disease, the activity of this cytosolic liver enzyme was found to be markedly deficient in two cases of neurologic Gaucher's disease. The purification scheme employs QAE-Sephadex, DE52 cellulose, CM-Sephadex, hydroxylapatite, and Cibacron blue-Sepharose chromatography, and preparative isoelectric focusing. The beta-glucosidase preparations isolated from the liver of the case of adult Gaucher's disease and control liver have similar physical properties. Both enzymes have a molecular weight of approximately 53,000, sw,20 of 4.3, pI of 4.5-4.6, a pH optimum between 5 and 6, and a high affinity for 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside (Km = 0.06-0.07 mM). The enzymes from both sources also have a broad specificity and will hydrolyze the 4-methylumbelliferyl derivatives of beta-D-galactose, beta-D-fucose, beta-D-xylose, and alpha-L-arabinose in addition to several aryl-galactosides and steroid-glucosides. The cytoplasmic beta-glucosidase will not hydrolyze glucocerebroside and shows no cross-reactivity with antibodies prepared against lysosomal glucocerebrosidase. Both cytoplasmic beta-glucosidase and glucocerebrosidase will hydrolyze 17 beta-estradiol-17'-beta-D-glucose, and the activity of both enzymes on this substrate is increased more than 15-fold in the presence of the Gaucher spleen heat-stable factor. The role of this cytoplasmic beta-glucosidase in the etiology of Gaucher's disease and its possible relationship to lysosomal glucocerebrosidase are discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008099	Liver	A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances.	Livers
D008970	Molecular Weight	The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule.	Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D010743	Phospholipids	Lipids containing one or more phosphate groups, particularly those derived from either glycerol (phosphoglycerides see GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS) or sphingosine (SPHINGOLIPIDS). They are polar lipids that are of great importance for the structure and function of cell membranes and are the most abundant of membrane lipids, although not stored in large amounts in the system.	Phosphatides,Phospholipid
D003600	Cytosol	Intracellular fluid from the cytoplasm after removal of ORGANELLES and other insoluble cytoplasmic components.	Cytosols
D005776	Gaucher Disease	An autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficiency of acid beta-glucosidase (GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE) leading to intralysosomal accumulation of glycosylceramide mainly in cells of the MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE SYSTEM. The characteristic Gaucher cells, glycosphingolipid-filled HISTIOCYTES, displace normal cells in BONE MARROW and visceral organs causing skeletal deterioration, hepatosplenomegaly, and organ dysfunction. There are several subtypes based on the presence and severity of neurological involvement.	Cerebroside Lipidosis Syndrome,Gaucher Disease Type 1,Gaucher Disease Type 2,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency Disease,Glucosylceramide Beta-Glucosidase Deficiency Disease,Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Acid beta-Glucosidase Deficiency,Acid beta-Glucosidase Deficiency Disease,Acute Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Chronic Gaucher Disease,GBA Deficiency,Gaucher Disease Type 3,Gaucher Disease, Acute Neuronopathic,Gaucher Disease, Acute Neuronopathic Type,Gaucher Disease, Chronic,Gaucher Disease, Chronic Neuronopathic Type,Gaucher Disease, Infantile,Gaucher Disease, Infantile Cerebral,Gaucher Disease, Juvenile,Gaucher Disease, Juvenile and Adult, Cerebral,Gaucher Disease, Neuronopathic,Gaucher Disease, Non-Neuronopathic Form,Gaucher Disease, Noncerebral Juvenile,Gaucher Disease, Subacute Neuronopathic Form,Gaucher Disease, Subacute Neuronopathic Type,Gaucher Disease, Type 1,Gaucher Disease, Type 2,Gaucher Disease, Type 3,Gaucher Disease, Type I,Gaucher Disease, Type II,Gaucher Disease, Type III,Gaucher Splenomegaly,Gaucher Syndrome,Gaucher's Disease,Gauchers Disease,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency,Glucocerebrosidosis,Glucosyl Cerebroside Lipidosis,Glucosylceramidase Deficiency,Glucosylceramide Beta-Glucosidase Deficiency,Glucosylceramide Lipidosis,Infantile Gaucher Disease,Kerasin Histiocytosis,Kerasin Lipoidosis,Kerasin thesaurismosis,Lipoid Histiocytosis (Kerasin Type),Non-Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Subacute Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Type 1 Gaucher Disease,Type 2 Gaucher Disease,Type 3 Gaucher Disease,Cerebroside Lipidoses, Glucosyl,Cerebroside Lipidosis Syndromes,Cerebroside Lipidosis, Glucosyl,Deficiencies, GBA,Deficiencies, Glucocerebrosidase,Deficiency Disease, Glucocerebrosidase,Deficiency Diseases, Glucocerebrosidase,Deficiency, GBA,Deficiency, Glucocerebrosidase,Disease, Chronic Gaucher,Disease, Gaucher,Disease, Gaucher's,Disease, Gauchers,Disease, Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency,Disease, Infantile Gaucher,Disease, Juvenile Gaucher,Disease, Neuronopathic Gaucher,Disease, Non-Neuronopathic Gaucher,Diseases, Gauchers,Diseases, Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency,GBA Deficiencies,Gaucher Disease, Non Neuronopathic Form,Gaucher Disease, Non-Neuronopathic,Gauchers Diseases,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiencies,Glucocerebrosidase Deficiency Diseases,Glucocerebrosidoses,Glucosyl Cerebroside Lipidoses,Glucosylceramide Lipidoses,Histiocytoses, Kerasin,Histiocytoses, Lipoid (Kerasin Type),Histiocytosis, Kerasin,Histiocytosis, Lipoid (Kerasin Type),Juvenile Gaucher Disease,Kerasin Histiocytoses,Kerasin Lipoidoses,Kerasin thesaurismoses,Lipidoses, Glucosyl Cerebroside,Lipidoses, Glucosylceramide,Lipidosis Syndrome, Cerebroside,Lipidosis Syndromes, Cerebroside,Lipidosis, Glucosyl Cerebroside,Lipidosis, Glucosylceramide,Lipoid Histiocytoses (Kerasin Type),Lipoidoses, Kerasin,Lipoidosis, Kerasin,Non Neuronopathic Gaucher Disease,Splenomegaly, Gaucher,Syndrome, Cerebroside Lipidosis,Syndrome, Gaucher,Syndromes, Cerebroside Lipidosis,thesaurismoses, Kerasin,thesaurismosis, Kerasin
D005959	Glucosidases	Enzymes that hydrolyze O-glucosyl-compounds. (Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 3.2.1.-.	Glucosidase
D005962	Glucosylceramidase	A glycosidase that hydrolyzes a glucosylceramide to yield free ceramide plus glucose. Deficiency of this enzyme leads to abnormally high concentrations of glucosylceramide in the brain in GAUCHER DISEASE. EC 3.2.1.45.	Glucocerebrosidase,Acid beta-Glucosidase,Glucocerebroside beta-Glucosidase,Glucosyl Ceramidase,Glucosylceramide beta-Glucosidase,Glucosylsphingosine Glucosyl Hydrolase,beta-Glucocerebrosidase,Acid beta Glucosidase,Ceramidase, Glucosyl,Glucocerebroside beta Glucosidase,Glucosyl Hydrolase, Glucosylsphingosine,Glucosylceramide beta Glucosidase,Hydrolase, Glucosylsphingosine Glucosyl,beta Glucocerebrosidase,beta-Glucosidase, Acid,beta-Glucosidase, Glucocerebroside,beta-Glucosidase, Glucosylceramide
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006863	Hydrogen-Ion Concentration	The normality of a solution with respect to HYDROGEN ions; H+. It is related to acidity measurements in most cases by pH	pH,Concentration, Hydrogen-Ion,Concentrations, Hydrogen-Ion,Hydrogen Ion Concentration,Hydrogen-Ion Concentrations