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 4RCD
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Inhibitors of beta-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme (BACE1): Identification of (S)-7-(2-Fluoropyridin-3-yl)-3-((3-methyloxetan-3-yl)ethynyl)-5'H-spiro[chromeno[2,3-b]pyridine-5,4'-oxazol]-2'-amine (AMG-8718).
Dineen, T.A., Chen, K., Cheng, A.C., Derakhchan, K., Epstein, O., Esmay, J., Hickman, D., Kreiman, C.E., Marx, I.E., Wahl, R.C., Wen, P.H., Weiss, M.M., Whittington, D.A., Wood, S., Fremeau, R.T., White, R.D., Patel, V.F.
J.Med.Chem.