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 6EQM
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
The BACE-1 inhibitor CNP520 for prevention trials in Alzheimer's disease.
Neumann, U., Ufer, M., Jacobson, L.H., Rouzade-Dominguez, M.L., Huledal, G., Kolly, C., Luond, R.M., Machauer, R., Veenstra, S.J., Hurth, K., Rueeger, H., Tintelnot-Blomley, M., Staufenbiel, M., Shimshek, D.R., Perrot, L., Frieauff, W., Dubost, V., Schiller, H., Vogg, B., Beltz, K., Avrameas, A., Kretz, S., Pezous, N., Rondeau, J.M., Beckmann, N., Hartmann, A., Vormfelde, S., David, O.J., Galli, B., Ramos, R., Graf, A., Lopez Lopez, C.
EMBO Mol Med