Description
Alpha-galactosidase is a glycoside hydrolase enzyme that hydrolyses the terminal alpha-galactosyl moieties from glycolipids and glycoproteins. It is encoded by the GLA gene. Two recombinant forms of alpha-galactosidase are called agalsidase alfa (INN) and agalsidase beta (INN).
Abbr
GLA, Native (Cucumis melo)
Applications
Alkaline α-Galactosidase I was used to assay enzyme activity with 2 mmp-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactoside as substrate at pH 6.5 to compare with the enzyme activity of α-Gal A isolated and purified from Sf-9 insect cells infected with a recombinant baculovirus encoding normal α-Gal A gene.
Form
The product is supplied as a lyophilized powder containing Tris-HCl buffer salts, DTT, EDTA, and NaCl.
Enzyme Commission Number
EC 3.2.1.22
Molecular Weight
apparent mol wt ~84 kDa by SDS-PAGE
Unit Definition
One unit will hydrolyze 1.0 μmole of p-nitrophenyl α-D-galactoside to p-nitrophenol and D-galactose per minute at pH 7.8 at 30°C.
Synonyms
Alpha-Galactosidase; Galactosidase; EC 3.2.1.22; GLA; GALA; melibiase; α-D-galactosidase; α-galactosidase A; α-galactoside galactohydrolase
