Variant Acid β-Glucosidase and Gaucher disease (Student View)

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Authors: Kathleen Cornely*, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Providence College,  Roderico Acevedo, Chemical and Physical Sciences, Westfield State University, and Kristen Procko, College of Natural Science, University of Texas at Austin.

*Contact: kcornely@providence.edu

Citation http://dx.doi.org/10.25334/JGJW-J640 || Adaptations: See table below || Instructors: Login for Teacher View.

Work funded by NSF grant # DBI 1827011; 2018884

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Molecules explored: The primary molecule examined in this case study is acid β-glucosidase. Visualization of this enzyme with small molecule inhibitors bound leads to a greater understanding of the important intermolecular interactions involved between the inhibitor and the enzyme.

 

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