Presku: | AEP00003 |
Weight: | 55kDa |
Gene: | 23621 |
Target: | Cerebral deposition of amyloid beta peptide is an early and critical feature of Alzheimer's disease. Amyloid beta peptide is generated by proteolytic cleavage of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by two proteases, one of which is the protein encoded by BACE-1. The encoded protein, a member of the peptidase A1 protein family, is a type I integral membrane glycoprotein and aspartic protease that is found mainly in the Golgi. Four transcript variants encoding different isoforms of BACE-1 have been described. |
Alternative names: | ASP2; BACE; APP beta-secretase; asp 2; aspartyl protease 2; beta-secretase 1; beta-secretase 1 precursor variant 1; beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1; beta-site amyloid beta A4 precursor protein-cleaving enzyme; beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving |