Protein Name hexosaminidase B (beta polypeptide)
Organism Danio rerio
Gene ID 323613
Gene Symbol

hexb

UniProt A2BHD8 (A2BHD8_DANRE), F1QUU0 (F1QUU0_DANRE)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 2
Total Number of Articles : 1
Description

hexosaminidase B (beta polypeptide)

Gene Summary

Enables hexosaminidase activity. Acts upstream of or within angiogenesis. Predicted to be active in lysosome and membrane. Used to study lysosomal storage disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Sandhoff disease and spinal muscular atrophy. Orthologous to human HEXB (hexosaminidase subunit beta). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

synonyms
  • beta-hexosaminidase subunit beta
  • fc04h11
  • hexa
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Properties