beta-Hexosaminidase alpha Chain
"beta-Hexosaminidase alpha Chain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The alpha subunit of hexosaminidase A. Mutations in the gene that encodes this protein can result in loss of hexosaminidase A activity and are linked to TAY-SACHS DISEASE.
| Descriptor ID |
D054820
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.450.483.180.750.500
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| Concept/Terms |
beta-Hexosaminidase alpha Chain- beta-Hexosaminidase alpha Chain
- alpha Chain, beta-Hexosaminidase
- beta Hexosaminidase alpha Chain
- Hexosaminidase A, alpha Chain
- beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase alpha Chain
- alpha Chain, beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase
- beta N Acetylhexosaminidase alpha Chain
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Almanasra A, Havranek B, Islam SM. In-silico screening and microsecond molecular dynamics simulations to identify single point mutations that destabilize ?-hexosaminidase A causing Tay-Sachs disease. Proteins. 2021 11; 89(11):1587-1601.