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TY - JOUR
T1 - Presenilins
T2 - in search of functionality
AU - Karran, E H
AU - Allsop, D
AU - Christie, G
AU - Davis, J
AU - Gray, C
AU - Mansfield, F
AU - Ward, R V
PY - 1998/8
Y1 - 1998/8
N2 - The discovery of the PS proteins, the complexities of their biochemistry and their potential involvement in signalling pathways and in apoptosis have galvanized research into AD. To date, the aspect of the functionality of the PSs most relevant to the pathology of AD is the effect of PS FAD mutants to increase the proportion of A beta 42 produced from cells. This, coupled to the observation that gamma-secretase cleavage is considerably reduced in neurons derived from PS-1 knockout mice, argues strongly that PS plays a very direct role in the proteolytic processing of APP.
AB - The discovery of the PS proteins, the complexities of their biochemistry and their potential involvement in signalling pathways and in apoptosis have galvanized research into AD. To date, the aspect of the functionality of the PSs most relevant to the pathology of AD is the effect of PS FAD mutants to increase the proportion of A beta 42 produced from cells. This, coupled to the observation that gamma-secretase cleavage is considerably reduced in neurons derived from PS-1 knockout mice, argues strongly that PS plays a very direct role in the proteolytic processing of APP.
KW - Alzheimer Disease
KW - Amino Acid Sequence
KW - Animals
KW - Cell Membrane
KW - Humans
KW - Membrane Proteins
KW - Mice
KW - Mice, Knockout
KW - Models, Molecular
KW - Molecular Sequence Data
KW - Neurons
KW - Point Mutation
KW - Presenilin-1
KW - Presenilin-2
KW - Protein Conformation
KW - Signal Transduction
U2 - 10.1042/bst0260491
DO - 10.1042/bst0260491
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 9765902
VL - 26
SP - 491
EP - 496
JO - Biochemical Society Transactions
JF - Biochemical Society Transactions
SN - 0300-5127
IS - 3
ER -