CATH Classification

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 4FM7
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Spirocyclic sulfamides as beta-secretase 1 (BACE-1) inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: utilization of structure based drug design, WaterMap, and CNS penetration studies to identify centrally efficacious inhibitors.
Brodney, M.A., Barreiro, G., Ogilvie, K., Hajos-Korcsok, E., Murray, J., Vajdos, F., Ambroise, C., Christoffersen, C., Fisher, K., Lanyon, L., Liu, J., Nolan, C.E., Withka, J.M., Borzilleri, K.A., Efremov, I., Oborski, C.E., Varghese, A., O'Neill, B.T.
J.Med.Chem.