Alpha-glucosidase

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Acid alpha-glucosidase
Identifiers
Symbol GAA
Entrez 2548
HUGO 4065
OMIM 606800
RefSeq NM_000152
UniProt P10253
Other data
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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