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Structural basis of pharmacological chaperoning for human β-galactosidase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 23 May 2014
Suzuki Hironori, Ohto Umeharu, Higaki Katsumi, Mena-Barragán Teresa, Aguilar-Moncayo Matilde, Ortiz Mellet Carmen, Nanba Eiji, Garcia Fernandez Jose M, Suzuki Yoshiyuki, Shimizu Toshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
GM1 gangliosidosis and Morquio B disease are autosomal recessive diseases caused by the defect in the lysosomal β-galactosidase (β-Gal), frequently related to misfolding and subsequent endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation. Pharmacological chaperone (PC) therapy is a newly developed molecular therapeutic approach by using small molecule ligands of the mutant enzyme that are able to promote the correct...
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