Cysteine 144 is a key residue in the copper reduction by the β-amyloid precursor protein

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1288-1292

  Ruiz, Francisca H ^a   González, Mauricio ^b   Bodini, Mario ^a   Opazo, Carlos ^a   Inestrosa, Nibaldo C ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; Alzheimer's disease; Copper reduction

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; COPPER; CYSTEINE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; COPPER; CYSTEINE; HUMANS; MUTATION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POTENTIOMETRY;

EID: 0345035452     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0731288.x     Document Type: Article

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