title: Mammalian beta-D-mannosidase and beta-mannosidosis.
abstract: Lysosomal beta-D-mannosidase is the last exoglycosidase involved in the sequential degradation of the N-glycosylproteins glycans. Research on this enzyme was restricted before the discovery of its hereditary deficiency, first in goat (1981) and later in man (1986). We describe the biochemical aspects of these beta-mannosidosis and the properties of the beta-mannosidases of mammalian origin. Our own results concerning human enzyme (from kidney and urine, seminal plasma and blood cells) suggest that, apart from the case of the inherited disease, beta-mannosidase may become a useful tool in other pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biochimie, UFR des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université René-Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Percheron
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Foglietti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ricard
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D006041:Goats; D006801:Humans; D008361:Mannosidases / Q000172:deficiency*; D008363:alpha-Mannosidosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000662:veterinary; D044902:beta-Mannosidase
chemical_list: D008361:Mannosidases; D044902:beta-Mannosidase