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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Amyloid > Amyloidogenic Proteins > Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
Macromolecular Substances > Multiprotein Complexes > Amyloid > Amyloidogenic Proteins > Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Protein Precursors > Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory > Protease Nexins > Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory > Protease Nexins > Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor

Preferred term

Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A single-pass type I membrane protein. It is cleaved by AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES to produce peptides of varying amino acid lengths. A 39-42 amino acid peptide, AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES is a principal component of the extracellular amyloid in SENILE PLAQUES.

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Entry terms

  • Amyloid A4 Protein Precursor
  • Amyloid beta Precursor Protein
  • Amyloid Protein Precursor
  • beta-Amyloid Protein Precursor
  • Protease Nexin 2
  • Protease Nexin II

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In other languages

  • Précurseur de la protéine bêta-amyloïde

    French

  • APP (Amyloid Protein Precursor)
  • Précurseur de la protéine amyloïde
  • Précurseur de la protéine amyloïde bêta
  • Précurseur des protéines bêta-amyloïdes
  • Protéase nexine-2
  • Protéase nexine-II
  • Protéine APP

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