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beta glucuronidase (GUSB, beta-G1, MPS7)
Function:
- lysosomal hydrolase
- role in the degradation of dermatan & keratan sulfates N-linked glycosylated with 3 to 4 oligosaccharide chains
beta-D-glucuronoside + H2O D-glucuronate + an alcohol
Structure:
- homotetramer
- belongs to the glycosyl hydrolase 2 family
Compartment: lysosome
Alternative splicing: named isoforms=2
Expression:
- leukocytes, other tissues ?
- present in urine
Pathology:
- defects in GUSB are associated with mucopolysaccharidosis 7 & non-immune hydrops fetalis
- GUSB increases nonspecifically in many renal diseases
- tissue levels increase in many cancers, giving increased activity in body fluids, e.g.
a) pleural fluid {lung cancer}
b) gastric juice {stomach cancer}
c) vaginal fluid {cervical cancer}.
Genetics: Gene locus: 7q21.11
Related
mucopolysaccharidosis-7; Sly syndrome; MPS7
Specific
vestronidase alfa-vjbk (Mepsevii)
General
glycosidase (glycoside hydrolase)
lysosomal hydrolase
Properties
SIZE: entity length = 651 aa
MW = 75 kD
COMPARTMENT: lysosome
MOTIF: signal sequence {1-22}
N-glycosylation site {N173}
N-glycosylation site {N272}
N-glycosylation site {N420}
glutamate residue {E451}
N-glycosylation site {N631}
References
- Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests, 2nd ed.
Tietz NW (ed) WB Saunders Co, Philadelphia PA, 1990, pg 259
- GeneReviews
https://www.genecards.org/cgi-bin/carddisp.pl?gene=GUSB
- UniProt :accession P08236
Databases & Figures
OMIM 253220
UniProt P08236
PFAM correlations
Entrez Gene 2990
KEGG correlations
ENZYME 3.2.1.31
Contents of Cytotoxic T-cell Granules