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beta N-acetylhexosaminidase

Pathology: - subunit HexA is deficient in Tay-Sachs disease & subunits HexA & HexB are deficient in Sandhoff disease.

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beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase in amniotic fluid beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase in dried blood spot beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase in fibroblasts beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase in leukocytes beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase in platelets beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase in serum beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase in tissue beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase measurement bifunctional protein NCOAT; meningioma-expressed antigen 5; nuclear cytoplasmic O-GlcNAcase & acetyltransferase; includes: protein O-GlcNAcase; glycoside hydrolase O-GlcNAcase; hexosaminidase C; N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase; N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase; O-GlcNAcase; OGA; includes: histone acetyltransferase; HAT (MGEA5, HEXC, KIAA0679, MEA5)

General

hexosaminidase multisubunit protein

Properties

MOTIF: active site SUBUNITS: beta N-acetyl hexosaminidase alpha chain MOTIF: signal sequence {1-22} cysteine residue {C58} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C104} cysteine residue {C104} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C58} N-glycosylation site {N115} N-glycosylation site {N157} cysteine residue {C277} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C328} N-glycosylation site {N295} glutamate residue {E323} cysteine residue {C328} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C277} cysteine residue {C505} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C522} cysteine residue {C522} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C505} beta N-acetyl hexosaminidase beta chain MOTIF: signal sequence {1-42} cysteine residue {C91} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C137} cysteine residue {C137} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C91} N-glycosylation site {N142} N-glycosylation site {N190} cysteine residue {C309} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C360} N-glycosylation site {N327} glutamate residue {E355} cysteine residue {C360} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C309} cysteine residue {C534} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C551} cysteine residue {C551} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C534}

References

Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations, 3rd ed., TM Devlin (ed), Wiley-Liss, NY 1992 pg 459

Components

beta N-acetyl hexosaminidase alpha chain (hexosaminidase-A, HEXA) beta N-acetyl hexosaminidase beta chain (hexosaminidase-B, HEXB)