CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Acid Proteases
Functional Family Beta-secretase 1

Enzyme Information

3.4.23.46
Memapsin 2.
based on mapping to UniProt P56817
Broad endopeptidase specificity. Cleaves Glu-Val-Asn-Leu-|-Asp-Ala-Glu- Phe in the Swedish variant of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein.
-!- Suggested to be the major 'beta-secretase' responsible for the cleavage of the beta-amyloid precursor protein to form the amyloidogenic beta-peptide that is implicated in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. -!- Belongs to peptidase family A1.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P56817
BACE1_HUMAN
Homo sapiens
Beta-secretase 1

PDB Structure

PDB 4L7H
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Diethylaminosulfur Trifluoride-Mediated Intramolecular Cyclization of 2-hydroxycycloalkylureas to Fused Bicyclic Aminooxazoline Compounds and Evaluation of Their Biochemical Activity Against β-Secretase-1 (BACE-1)
Huestis, M.P., Liu, W., Volgraf, M., Purkey, H., Yu, C., Wang, W., Smith, D., Vigers, G., Dutcher, D., Hunt, K.W., Siu, M.
Tetrahedron Lett.