hexosaminidase B

hexosaminidase B
hexosaminidase B n the more thermostable hexosaminidase that is deficient in Sandhoff's disease but present in elevated quantities in Tay-Sachs disease called also hex B

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β-N-acetylhexosaminidase, isozyme B.

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