Beta-Secretase 1

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Also known as:  BACE1;  Beta-site Alzheimer's Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme 1;  Beta-site APP-Cleaving Enzyme 1;  Memapsin 2;  Membrane-associated Aspartic Protease 2

 

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Beta-Secretase 1 is one of the two forms of the Beta-Secretase enzyme.

 

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Nervous System

 Beta-Secretase 1 catalyzes the conversion of Amyloid-Beta-Protein Precursor (APP) to Amyloid-Beta Protein (ABP) - the form of Amyloid that is strongly implicated in the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s Disease.  [1]

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