CATH Domain 4fs4A02

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	4FS4
External Links	PDBSum Proteopedia
Method	X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation	A Potent and Orally Efficacious, Hydroxyethylamine-Based Inhibitor of beta-Secretase. Kaller, M.R., Harried, S.S., Albrecht, B., Amarante, P., Babu-Khan, S., Bartberger, M.D., Brown, J., Brown, R., Chen, K., Cheng, Y., Citron, M., Croghan, M.D., Graceffa, R., Hickman, D., Judd, T., Kriemen, C., La, D., Li, V., Lopez, P., Luo, Y., Masse, C., Monenschein, H., Nguyen, T., Pennington, L.D., Miguel, T.S., Sickmier, E.A., Wahl, R.C., Weiss, M.M., Wen, P.H., Williamson, T., Wood, S., Xue, M., Yang, B., Zhang, J., Patel, V., Zhong, W., Hitchcock, S. ACS Med Chem Lett