Pathogenic Aβ production by heterozygous PSEN1 mutations is intrinsic to the mutant protein and not mediated by conformational hindrance of wild-type PSEN1.

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Presenilin-1 (PSEN1) is the catalytic subunit of the intramembrane protease γ-secretase and undergoes endoproteolysis during its maturation. Heterozygous mutations in the PSEN1 gene cause early-onset familial Alzheimer's disease (eFAD) and increase the proportion of longer aggregation-prone amyloid-β peptides (Aβ42 and/or Aβ43). Previous studies had suggested that PSEN1 mutants might act in a dominant-negative...

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