See Also: fungous foot(medicine)
fungous(dictionary)
fungous(medicine)
Goat' s Foot, Hind' s Foot, Pied De Biche - Archery(gambling)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
beta-1,3-galactosyl-O-glycosyl-glycoprotein beta-1,6-acetylglucosaminyl transferase(medicine)
beta-1,3-galactosyl-0-glycosyl-glycoprotein beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase(medicine)
beta-1,4-mannosyl-glycoprotein beta-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase(medicine)
UDP-GalNAc-beta-galactose beta 1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase(medicine)
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beta-n-acetylhexosaminidase (medicine) and fungous foot (medicine)


beta-n-acetylhexosaminidase (medicine)


beta-n-acetylhexosaminidase
<enzyme> An enzyme hydrolyzing terminal non-reducing n-acetyl-d-hexosamine residues in n-acetyl-beta-d-hexosaminides. It acts on glucosides, galactosides, and several oligosaccharides. Hexosaminidase a cleaves gm2, ga2, globosides, and hexosamine oligosaccharides. Deficiency of this isoenzyme causes tay-sachs disease. Hexosaminidase b cleaves all the above substrates except gm2. A deficiency of both a and b causes sandhoff disease. The enzyme has also been used as a tumour marker to distinguish between malignant and benign disease.

Chemical name: beta-N-Acetyl-D-hexosaminide N-acetylhexosaminohydrolase

Registry number: EC 3.2.1.52


fungous foot (medicine)


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mycetoma


1. A chronic infection involving the feet and characterised by the formation of localised lesions with tumefactions and multiple draining sinuses. The exudate contains granules that may be yellow, white, red, brown, or black, depending upon the causative agent. Mycetoma is caused by two principal groups of microorganisms:

A. Actinomycotic mycetoma is caused by actinomycetes, including species of Streptomyces, Actinomadurae, and Nocardia.

B. Eumycotic mycetoma is caused by true fungi, including species of Madurella, Exophiala, Pseudallescheria, Curvularia, Neotestudina, Pyrenochaeta, Aspergillus, Leptosphaeria, Plemodomus, Polycytella, Fusarium, Phialophora, Corynespora, Cylindrocarpon, Pseudochaetosphaeronema, Bipolaris, and Acremonium.

Synonym: fungous foot, Madura boil, Madura foot, maduromycosis.

2. Any tumour with draining sinuses produced by filamentous fungi.