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MeSH Heading: alpha-Galactosidase
Tree Number(s): D08.811.277.450.410.050
Unique ID: D000519
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000519
Scope Note: An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing alpha-D-galactose residues in alpha-galactosides including galactose oligosaccharides, galactomannans, and galactolipids.
Entry Term(s): Beano; Melibiase; alpha-D-Galactopyranosidase; alpha-D-Galactosidase; alpha-Galactisidase; alpha-Galactosidase A; alpha-Galactosidases
CAS Type 1 Name: alpha-D-galactoside galactohydrolase
Previous Indexing: Galactosidases (1966-1978)
See Also: Fabry Disease
Public MeSH Note: 94; was ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASES 1978-93 (see under GALACTOSIDASES 1978-90); MELIBIASES was see ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE 1978-93; MELIBIASE was see GALACTOSIDASES 1975-78, was see GALACTOSIDASE 1963-74
Online Note: use ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE to search ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASES & MELIBIASES 1978-93; use GALACTOSIDASES to search MELIBIASE 1966-78
History Note: 94; was ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASES 1978-93 (see under GALACTOSIDASES 1978-90); MELIBIASES was see ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASES 1978-93; MELIBIASE was see GALACTOSIDASES 1975-78, was see GALACTOSIDASE 1963-74
Entry Combination: deficiency:Fabry Disease
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/04/15
Revision Date: 2018/07/02

Entry Combination: deficiency:Fabry Disease
Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0000793
Scope Note: An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing alpha-D-galactose residues in alpha-galactosides including galactose oligosaccharides, galactomannans, and galactolipids.
Terms: alpha-Galactosidase Preferred Term
Term UI T001552
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1978); alpha-D-Galactopyranosidase
Term UI T000943052
Date05/17/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); alpha-D-Galactosidase
Term UI T000943053
Date05/17/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); alpha-Galactisidase
Term UI T000943054
Date05/17/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2017); alpha-Galactosidase A
Term UI T001550
Date07/31/1980
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); alpha-Galactosidases
Term UI T001551
Date02/10/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Melibiase
Term UI T001553
Date02/10/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994)

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