CATH Domain 2irzA01

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	2IRZ
External Links	PDBSum Proteopedia
Method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism	Escherichia
Primary Citation	Discovery of oxadiazoyl tertiary carbinamine inhibitors of beta-secretase (BACE-1). Rajapakse, H.A., Nantermet, P.G., Selnick, H.G., Munshi, S., McGaughey, G.B., Lindsley, S.R., Young, M.B., Lai, M.T., Espeseth, A.S., Shi, X.P., Colussi, D., Pietrak, B., Crouthamel, M.C., Tugusheva, K., Huang, Q., Xu, M., Simon, A.J., Kuo, L., Hazuda, D.J., Graham, S., Vacca, J.P. J.Med.Chem.