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. 1978 Sep 1;173(3):997–1000. doi: 10.1042/bj1730997

A difference in the specificities of human liver N-acetyl-beta-hexosaminidases A and B detected by their activities towards glycosaminoglycan oligosaccharides.

T M Bearpark, J L Stirling
PMCID: PMC1185871  PMID: 708387

Abstract

N-Acetyl-beta-hexosaminidases A and B differ in their activities towards oligosaccharides prepared from glycosaminoglycans. Trisaccharides from hyaluronic acid and desulphated chondroitin 4-sulphate were hydrolysed by N-acetyl-beta-hexosaminidase A, but not by N-acetyl-beta-hexosaminidase B.

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