Anti-Recombinant GBA3, clone 9D11

The protein encoded by this gene is an enzyme that can hydrolyze several types of glycosides. This gene is a polymorphic pseudogene, with the most common allele being the functional allele that encodes the full-length protein. Some individuals, as represented by the reference genome allele, contain a single nucleotide polymorphism that results in a premature stop codon in the coding region, and therefore this allele is pseudogenic due to the failure to produce a functional full-length protein. Alternative splicing of this gene results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2013] Protein function: Neutral cytosolic beta-glycosidase with a broad substrate specificity that could play a role in the catabolism of glycosylceramides (PubMed:11389701, PubMed:11784319, PubMed:20728381, PubMed:26724485, PubMed:17595169). Has a significant glucosylceramidase activity in vitro (PubMed:26724485, PubMed:17595169). However, that activity is relatively low and its significance in vivo is not clear (PubMed:26724485, PubMed:17595169, PubMed:20728381). Also able to hydrolyze galactosylceramide/GalCer, glucosylsphingosine/GlcSph and galactosylsphingosine/GalSph (PubMed:17595169). However, the in vivo relevance of these activities is unclear (PubMed:17595169). It can also hydrolyze a broad variety of dietary glycosides including phytoestrogens, flavonols, flavones, flavanones and cyanogens in vitro and could therefore play a role in the metabolism of xenobiotics (PubMed:11784319). Could also play a role in the catabolism of cytosolic sialyl free N-glycans (PubMed:26193330). [The UniProt Consortium]