The invention features a method of producing a high mannose
glucocerebrosidase (hmGCB) which includes: providing a cell which is
capable of expressing glucocerebrosidase (GCB), and allowing production
of GCB having a precursor oligosaccharide under conditions which prevent
the removal of at least one mannose residue distal to the pentasaccharide
core of the precursor oligosaccharide of GCB, to thereby produce an hmGCB
preparation. Preferably, the condition which prevents the removal of at
least one mannose residue distal to the pentasaccharide core is
inhibition of a class 1 processing mannosidase and/or a class 2
processing mannosidase. The invention also features an hmGCB preparation
and methods of using an hmGCB preparation.