CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Acid Proteases
Functional Family Beta-secretase 1

Enzyme Information

3.4.23.45
Memapsin 1.
based on mapping to UniProt Q9Y5Z0
Broad endopeptidase specificity. Cleaves Glu-Val-Asn-Leu-|-Asp-Ala-Glu- Phe in the Swedish variant of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein.
-!- Can cleave beta-amyloid precursor protein to form the amyloidogenic beta-peptide that is implicated in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease, but is not significantly expressed in human brain. -!- Belongs to peptidase family A1.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9Y5Z0
BACE2_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Beta-secretase 2

PDB Structure

PDB 3ZKI
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Mapping the Conformational Space Accessible to Bace2 Using Surface Mutants and Co-Crystals with Fab-Fragments, Fynomers, and Xaperones
Banner, D.W., Gsell, B., Benz, J., Bertschinger, J., Burger, D., Brack, S., Cuppuleri, S., Debulpaep, M., Gast, A., Grabulovski, D., Hennig, M., Hilpert, H., Huber, W., Kuglstatter, A., Kusznir, E., Laeremans, T., Matile, H., Miscenic, C., Rufer, A., Schlatter, D., Steyeart, J., Stihle, M., Thoma, R., Weber, M., Ruf, A.
Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.D