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 4RRN
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
8-Tetrahydropyran-2-yl Chromans: Highly Selective Beta-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme 1 (BACE1) Inhibitors.
Thomas, A.A., Hunt, K.W., Newhouse, B., Watts, R.J., Liu, X., Vigers, G., Smith, D., Rhodes, S.P., Brown, K.D., Otten, J.N., Burkard, M., Cox, A.A., Geck Do, M.K., Dutcher, D., Rana, S., DeLisle, R.K., Regal, K., Wright, A.D., Groneberg, R., Liao, J., Scearce-Levie, K., Siu, M., Purkey, H.E., Lyssikatos, J.P.
J.Med.Chem.