Computational analysis of Alzheimer-causing mutations in amyloid precursor protein and presenilin 1.

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Single-point mutations in the genes coding for amyloid precursor protein (APP) and presenilin 1 (PS1), the active subunit of γ-secretase that cleaves APP to produce Aβ, are the main causes of rare but severe familial Alzheimer's disease (fAD). Recent structures of the transmembrane parts of APP and γ-secretase with a fragment of APP bound enable us to study the origins of the pathogenicity of the single amino...

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