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Independent relationship between amyloid precursor protein (APP) dimerization and γ-secretase processivity.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Jung Joo In, Premraj Sasha, Cruz Pedro E, Ladd Thomas B, Kwak Yewon, Koo Edward H, Felsenstein Kevin M, Golde Todd E, Ran Yong
Abstract excerpt
Altered production of β-amyloid (Aβ) from the amyloid precursor protein (APP) is closely associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). APP has a number of homo- and hetero-dimerizing domains, and studies have suggested that dimerization of β-secretase derived APP carboxyl terminal fragment (CTFβ, C99) impairs processive cleavage by γ-secretase increasing production of long Aβs (e.g., Aβ1-42, 43). Other studies report...
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