Beta-Galactosidase In subject area: Medicine and Dentistry β-galactosidase is an enzyme that removes β-linked terminal galactosyl residues from substrates such as glycoproteins and glycosaminoglycans. From: Skin Aging Handbook, 2009 About this pageSet alert Also in subject areas: Nursing and Health ...
beta-galactosidase Enzyme (EC 3.2.1.23, 1024aa) that cleaves the terminal β-galactose from ganglioside substrates and other glycoconjugates; encoded by the LacZ gene in E. coli, and widely used as a reporter gene, because a variety of coloured or fluorescent compounds can be produced from appr...