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Random mutagenesis of presenilin-1 identifies novel mutants exclusively generating long amyloid beta-peptides.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 13 May 2005
Nakaya Yoshifumi, Yamane Takuya, Shiraishi Hirohisa, Wang Hua-Qin, Matsubara Etsuro, Sato Toru, Dolios Georgia, Wang Rong, De Strooper Bart, Shoji Mikio, Komano Hiroto, Yanagisawa Katsuhiko, Ihara Yasuo, Fraser Paul, St George-Hyslop Peter, Nishimura Masaki
Abstract excerpt
Familial Alzheimer disease-causing mutations in the presenilins increase production of longer pathogenic amyloid beta-peptides (A beta(42/43)) by altering gamma-secretase activity. The mechanism underlying this effect remains unknown, although it has been proposed that heteromeric macromolecular complexes containing presenilins mediate gamma-secretase cleavage of the amyloid beta-precursor protein. Using a random...
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