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A loss of function mutant of the presenilin homologue SEL-12 undergoes aberrant endoproteolysis in Caenorhabditis elegans and increases abeta 42 generation in human cells.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 29 Dec 2000
Okochi M, Eimer S, Bottcher A, Baumeister R, Romig H, Walter J, Capell A, Steiner H, Haass C
Abstract excerpt
The familial Alzheimer's disease-associated presenilins (PSs) occur as a dimeric complex of proteolytically generated fragments, which functionally supports endoproteolysis of Notch and the beta-amyloid precursor protein (betaAPP). A homologous gene, sel-12, has been identified in Caenorhabditis elegans. We now demonstrate that wild-type (wt) SEL-12 undergoes endoproteolytic cleavage in C. elegans similar to the...
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