HEXA sf9

SYNONYMS
Hexosaminidase A (Alpha Polypeptide), N-Acetyl-Beta-Glucosaminidase Subunit Alpha, Beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase Subunit Alpha, Hexosaminidase Subunit A, EC 3.2.1.52, TSD, Beta-Hexosaminidase Subunit Alpha, GM2 Gangliosidosis, Tay Sachs Disease, EC 3.2.1, Beta-hexosaminidase subunit alpha, Beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase subunit alpha, Hexosaminidase subunit A, N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase subunit alpha.

INTRODUCTION
HEXA is the alpha subunit of the lysosomal enzyme beta-hexosaminidase which, combined with the cofactor GM2 activator protein, catalyzes the degradation of the ganglioside GM2, and other molecules having N-acetyl hexosamines terminus. The two subunits composing Beta-hexosaminidase, alpha and beta, belong to the glycosyl hydrolases family and are encoded by distinct genes. Alpha subunit gene mutations can cause Tay-Sachs disease (GM2-gangliosidosis type I).

DESCRIPTION
HEXA produced in Sf9 Baculovirus cells is a single, glycosylated polypeptide chain containing 513 amino acids (23-529a.a.) and having a molecular mass of 59.2kDa. (Molecular size on SDS-PAGE will appear at approximately 50-70kDa). 
HEXA is expressed with a 6 amino acid His tag at C-Terminus and purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques.

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