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Compared to whole plants, root cultures can grow faster. Therefore, this study aimed to produce recombinant GCase in a Nicotiana benthamiana root culture. Root culture of a GCase-producing transgenic plant was induced by indole-3-acetic acid at the concentration of 1 mg\/L. Recombinant GCase was successfully produced in roots as a functional protein with an enzyme activity equal to 81.40 \u00b1 17.99 units\/mg total protein. Crude proteins were extracted from the roots. Recombinant GCase could be purified by concanavalin A and phenyl 650C chromatography. The productivity of GCase was approximately 1 \u00b5g\/g of the root. A N-glycan analysis of purified GCase was performed using nano LC\/MS. The Man3XylFucGlcNAc2 structure was predominant in purified GCase with two plant-specific glycan residues. 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