Alpha-galactosidase A
BE0002422ProteinHumansGLA
Catalyzes the hydrolysis of glycosphingolipids and participates in their degradation in the lysosome. It is acted on by 9 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- GLA
- UniProtKB entry
- P06280Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Lysosome
- Residues / weight
- 429 residues · 48,766 Da
- Also known as
- 3.2.1.22 · Alpha-D-galactosidase A · Alpha-D-galactoside galactohydrolase · Galactosylgalactosylglucosylceramidase GLA · Melibiase
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Alpha-galactosidase A, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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