Alpha-glucosidase
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Acid alpha-glucosidase
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | GAA |
| Entrez | 2548 |
| HUGO | 4065 |
| OMIM | 606800 |
| RefSeq | NM_000152 |
| UniProt | P10253 |
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| EC number | 3.2.1.20 |
| Locus | Chr. 17 q25.2-q25.3 |
Alpha-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.20 ) (alternative names: maltase-glucoamylase, MGAM; acid maltase; glucoinvertase; glucosidosucrase; lysosomal α-glucosidase; maltase) is found in the mammalian intestine, and has similar enzymatic activity to γ-amylase.
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Deficiencies of this enzyme result in Pompe Disease.
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