Fig. 2From: Glucocerebrosidase and its relevance to Parkinson diseaseReaction schema depicting the enzyme GCase hydrolyzing GlcCer and GlcSph. In the lysosome, GCase hydrolyzes substrates GlcCer (above) and GlcSph (below) by cleaving a glucose moiety off the molecule, creating the products glucose and ceramide, or glucose and sphingosine, respectivelyBack to article page