CATH Domain 4bfbA01

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

3.4.23.45

Memapsin 1.

based on mapping to UniProt Q9Y5Z0

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

-!- Can cleave beta-amyloid precursor protein to form the amyloidogenic beta-peptide that is implicated in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease, but is not significantly expressed in human brain. -!- Belongs to peptidase family A1.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

Q9Y5Z0

BACE2_HUMAN

Homo sapiens

Beta-secretase 2

PDB Structure

PDB	4BFB
External Links	PDBSum Proteopedia
Method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation	Mapping the Conformational Space Accessible to Bace2 Using Surface Mutants and Co-Crystals with Fab-Fragments, Fynomers, and Xaperones Banner, D.W., Gsell, B., Benz, J., Bertschinger, J., Burger, D., Brack, S., Cuppuleri, S., Debulpaep, M., Gast, A., Grabulovski, D., Hennig, M., Hilpert, H., Huber, W., Kuglstatter, A., Kusznir, E., Laeremans, T., Matile, H., Miscenic, C., Rufer, A., Schlatter, D., Steyeart, J., Stihle, M., Thoma, R., Weber, M., Ruf, A. Acta Crystallogr.,Sect.D