beta-glucocerebrosidase

β-·glu·co·cer·e·bro·sid·ase

(glū'kō-ser'ĕ-brō-sīd'ās),

An enzyme that hydrolyzes β-glucosides in cerebrosides; a deficiency of this enzyme results in Gaucher disease.

β-glucocerebrosidase

an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolytic cleavage of glucose from glucocerebroside. A deficiency results in accumulation of glucocerebroside in tissues (gaucher's disease). Called also glucosylceramidase, cerebroside β-glucosidase.