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REPORT

Alzheimer’s Disease BACE Proteases

S. Roßner . S. F. Lichtenthaler

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Introduction to Alzheimer’s Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

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The Discovery of BACE Proteases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

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BACE Gene Structure and Alternative Splicing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

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Transcription and Translation of BACE1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

5 Posttranslational Modifications, Intracellular Transport, and Binding Partners of BACE1 . . . 271 5.1 Posttranslational Modifications and Intracellular Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 5.2 BACE1 Interacting Proteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5

BACE1 Expression in Aging and AD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Localized BACE1 Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 APP Transgenic Mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 BACE1 Expression in AD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Astrocytic BACE1 Expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

7 Biological Function and Substrate Spectrum of BACE1 and BACE2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 7.1 Substrates of BACE Proteases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 7.2 BACE1 Deficient Mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

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Alzheimer’s disease BACE proteases

Abstract: The aberrant proteolytical processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gives rise to b‐amyloid peptides, which accumulate as perivascular or parenchymal deposits in brains of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients. The generation of b‐amyloid peptides

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