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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 3I25
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Discovery of potent BACE-1 inhibitors containing a new hydroxyethylene (HE) scaffold: exploration of P1' alkoxy residues and an aminoethylene (AE) central core
Bjorklund, C., Adolfsson, H., Jansson, K., Lindberg, J., Vrang, L., Hallberg, A., Rosenquist, A., Samuelsson, B.
Bioorg.Med.Chem.
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