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Requirement for small side chain residues within the GxGD-motif of presenilin for gamma-secretase substrate cleavage.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Feb 2010
Pérez-Revuelta Blanca Isabel, Fukumori Akio, Lammich Sven, Yamasaki Aya, Haass Christian, Steiner Harald
Abstract excerpt
gamma-Secretase is a pivotal intramembrane-cleaving protease complex and important drug target for Alzheimer's disease. The protease not only releases small peptides, such as the amyloid-beta peptide, which drives Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis, but also intracellular domains, which can have cr...
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