POTENTIALLY AMYLOIDOGENIC, CARBOXYL-TERMINAL DERIVATIVES OF THE AMYLOID PROTEIN-PRECURSOR

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作者
ESTUS, S
GOLDE, TE
KUNISHITA, T
BLADES, D
LOWERY, D
EISEN, M
USIAK, M
QU, XM
TABIRA, T
GREENBERG, BD
YOUNKIN, SG
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[1] NATL INST NEUROSCI,KODAIRA,TOKYO 187,JAPAN
[2] UPJOHN CO,KALAMAZOO,MI 49001
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10.1126/science.1738846
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The 39- to 43-amino acid amyloid beta-protein (beta-AP), which is deposited as amyloid in Alzheimer's disease, is encoded as an internal peptide that begins 99 residues from the carboxyl terminus of a 695- to 770-amino acid glycoprotein referred to as the amyloid beta-protein precursor (beta-APP). To clarify the processing that produces amyloid, carboxyl-terminal derivatives of the beta-APP were analyzed. This analysis showed that the beta-APP is normally processed into a complex set of 8- to 12-kilodalton carboxyl-terminal derivatives. The two largest derivatives in human brain have the entire beta-AP at or near their amino terminus and are likely to be intermediates in the pathway leading to amyloid deposition.
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