The Nicastrin ectodomain adopts a highly thermostable structure

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 392, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 995-1001

  Fluhrer, Regina ^a,b   Kamp, Frits ^a   Grammer, Gudula ^a   Nuscher, Brigitte ^a   Steiner, Harald ^a,b   Beyer, Klaus ^a   Haass, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

secretase; A peptide; Alzheimer's disease; Presenilin; regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP); Streptomyces griseus aminopeptidase

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; ANTERIOR PHARYNX DEFECTIVE 1 PROTEIN; GAMMA SECRETASE; NICASTRIN; PRESENILIN; PRESENILIN ENHANCER 2; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN REFOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; THERMOSTABILITY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES; CELL LINE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN REFOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS; TEMPERATURE;

STREPTOMYCES GRISEUS;

EID: 80053625396     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2011.169     Document Type: Article

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