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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
Cerebral accumulation of the amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) is an early and invariant event in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Mutations in the presenilin (PS) 1 and 2 genes that increase production of the highly amyloidogenic Abeta(42) are the most common cause of familial AD. Deletion of PS1 in mice reduces Abeta generation, indicating that PS1 mediates the last step in the generation of Abeta from beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) by the unidentified gamma-secretase. Mutating either of two conserved transmembrane aspartates in PS1 significantly reduced Abeta production and increased the APP C-terminal fragments that are gamma-secretase substrates. These results indicate that PS1 is either a unique diaspartyl cofactor for gamma-secretase or is itself gamma-secretase. Furthermore, studies on the gamma-secretase-like proteolytic processing of Notch and Ire1 suggest a common mechanism for the involvement of PS1 in intramembrane proteolysis of membrane proteins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amyloid beta-Peptides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BACE1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ERN2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endoribonucleases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PSEN1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PSEN2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Presenilin-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Presenilin-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Notch
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0531-5565
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
453-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of presenilin in gamma-secretase cleavage of amyloid precursor protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, School and Center for Neurologic Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA. xia@cnd.bwh.harvard.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't