CATH Domain 1ym2A02

CATH Classification

Level	CATH Code	Description
	2	Mainly Beta
	2.40	Beta Barrel
	2.40.70	Cathepsin D, subunit A; domain 1
	2.40.70.10	Acid Proteases

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily	Acid Proteases
Functional Family	Beta-secretase 1

Enzyme Information

3.4.23.46

Memapsin 2.

based on mapping to UniProt P56817

Broad endopeptidase specificity. Cleaves Glu-Val-Asn-Leu-|-Asp-Ala-Glu- Phe in the Swedish variant of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein.

-!- Suggested to be the major 'beta-secretase' responsible for the cleavage of the beta-amyloid precursor protein to form the amyloidogenic beta-peptide that is implicated in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. -!- Belongs to peptidase family A1.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P56817

BACE1_HUMAN

Homo sapiens

Beta-secretase 1

PDB Structure

PDB	1YM2
External Links	PDBSum Proteopedia
Method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism	Escherichia
Primary Citation	Structure-based design, synthesis, and memapsin 2 (BACE) inhibitory activity of carbocyclic and heterocyclic peptidomimetics Hanessian, S., Yun, H., Hou, Y., Yang, G., Bayrakdarian, M., Therrien, E., Moitessier, N., Roggo, S., Veenstra, S., Tintelnot-Blomley, M., Rondeau, J.M., Ostermeier, C., Strauss, A., Ramage, P., Paganetti, P., Neumann, U., Betschart, C. J.Med.Chem.