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  • Title: The biochemical genetics of the hexosaminidase system in man.
    Author: Beutler E.
    Journal: Am J Hum Genet; 1979 Mar; 31(2):95-105. PubMed ID: 377957.
    Abstract:
    Tay-Sachs disease and related GM2 ganglioside storage disorders result from the absence of one form of hexosaminidase, HEX A. The persistence of a second major hexosaminidase isozyme, HEX B, does not protect against the lethal accumulation of GM2 ganglioside in the central nervous system. Using immunologic and biochemical techniques, it has been demonstrated that the two major isozymes of hexosaminidase, HEX A and HEX B, share a common subunit, the structure of HEX A being designated (alpha beta)n and the structure of HEX B being designated as (beta2)n. The minor isozyme, HEX S, is an alpha chain homopolymer designated (alpha2)n, and HEX C seems unrelated to the HEX A, B, S system. The structures of other minor isozymes have not been totally resolved, but HEX I1, I2, and P (which may be identical to I2) appear to represent forms of HEX B.
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