Β-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase Explained

β-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase
Ec Number:	3.2.1.53
Cas Number:	9054-43-7

β-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase (N-acetyl-β-galactosaminidase, N-acetyl-β-D-galactosaminidase, β-acetylgalactosaminidase, β-D-N-acetylgalactosaminidase, N-acetylgalactosaminidase) is an enzyme with systematic name β-N-acetyl-D-galactosaminide N-acetylgalactosaminohydrolase.^{[1] [2]} It catalyses the hydrolysis of terminal non-reducing N-acetyl-D-galactosamine residues in N-acetyl-β-D-galactosaminides.

Notes and References

1. Frohwein YZ, Gatt S . Isolation of β-N-acetylhexosaminidase, β-N-acetylglucosaminidase, and β-N-acetylgalactosaminidase from calf brain . Biochemistry . 6 . 9 . 2775–82 . September 1967 . 6055190 . 10.1021/bi00861a018 .
2. Hooghwinkel GJ, Veltkamp WA, Overdijk B, Lisman JJ . Electrophoretic separation of -N-acetylhexosaminidases of human and bovine brain and liver and of Tay–Sachs brain tissue . Hoppe-Seyler's Zeitschrift für Physiologische Chemie . 353 . 5 . 839–41 . May 1972 . 5069351 .