D-Thioglucosidases

An induced molecular species from Stachybotrys atra displayed jS-D-thio-glucosidase, jS-D-glucosidase, and jS-o-xylosidase activities.  

Tissues from a case of juvenile (type 3) Gaucher tissue exhibited a deficiency of /8-D-xylosidase activity. Evidence for the manifestation of 8-D-xylosidase, jS-D-glucuronidase, and j8-D-galacosidase activities by a single enzyme molecule was provided. 

The a-D-xylosidase activity associated with various glycoside hydrolase activities, particularly a-D-galactosidase, from human liver has been investigated.  

Physiochemical studies of the jS-D-xylosidase activity of partially purified 

Groomc, G. Belyavin, A. Lansdell, and D. Ashford, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1977, 

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The properties of bacterial jS-o-glucosidases have been compared with those of D-thioglucosidases from various sources. ... 

Whether the occurrence of an enzyme in a particulate fraction really represents its in vivo location can be substantiated by the following properties (a) close binding to membrane lipids, cf. cyclopenase (D 8.4.2), which is a lipoprotein of the plasma membrane (b) cooperation with other enzymes, cf. the catalytic facilitation in the biosynthesis of cyanogenic glycosides, cinnamic and benzoic acids (A 3.1) and (c) in situ examination by cytochemical methods, cf. the localization of phenol oxidases (C 2.3.1), peroxidases (C 2.4) and thioglucosidases (D 9.4). 

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