title: Isoenzymes of N-acetyl-beta-hexosaminidase.
abstract: Biological significance, structure and posttranslational processing of N-acetyl-beta-hexosaminidase isoenzymes are described. Clinical application of N-acetyl-beta-hexosaminidase is also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Medical Academy in Białystok, Poland. kzwie@amb.ac.bialystok.pl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zwierz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zalewska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zoch-Zwierz
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D012497:Sandhoff Disease / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013661:Tay-Sachs Disease / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases