Tags: Protein.
β-Glucocerebrosidase (also called acid β-glucosidase D-glucosyl-N-acylsphingosine glucohydrolase or GCase) is an enzyme with glucosylceramidase activity (EC 3.2.1.45) that is needed to cleave by hydrolysis the beta-glucosidic linkage of the chemical glucocerebroside an intermediate in glycolipid metabolism. It is localized in the lysosome and has a molecular weight of 59700 Daltons.