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 4DUS
External Links
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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