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Alleles at the Nicastrin locus modify presenilin 1- deficiency phenotype.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 29 Oct 2002
Rozmahel Richard, Mount Howard T J, Chen Fusheng, Nguyen Van, Huang Jean, Erdebil Serap, Liauw Jennifer, Yu Gang, Hasegawa Hiroshe, Gu YongJun, Song You-Qiang, Schmidt Stephen D, Nixon Ralph A, Mathews Paul M, Bergeron Catherine, Fraser Paul, Westaway David, St George-Hyslop Peter
Abstract excerpt
Presenilin 1 (PS1), presenilin 2, and nicastrin form high molecular weight complexes that are necessary for the endoproteolysis of several type 1 transmembrane proteins, including amyloid precursor protein (APP) and the Notch receptor, by apparently similar mechanisms. The cleavage of the Notch receptor at the "S3-site" releases a C-terminal cytoplasmic fragment (Notch intracellular domain) that acts as the...
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