title: Three novel alternatively spliced isoforms of the human beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme (BACE) and their effect on amyloid beta-peptide production.
abstract: Three novel alternatively spliced transcripts of the beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme (BACE) were cloned from human brain. Alternative splicing of the RNA occurs at an internal donor in exon 3 and/or an internal acceptor in exon 4. The splicing events lead to a deletion of 25 (BACE-I-476), 44 (BACE-I-457) and 69 (BACE-I-432) amino acids and the latter two caused the loss of two of four N-linked glycosylation sites. Although the mature form of BACE-501 was resistant to endoglycosidase H treatment, glycosylated forms of BACE-I-457 and BACE-I-476 were sensitive. This result suggests that BACE-I-457 and BACE-I-476 underwent different post-translational modifications. Moreover, the beta-secretase activity of BACE-I-457 and BACE-I-476 was significantly weaker than that of BACE-501. Thus, these isoforms may contribute to a physiological function of BACE.
authors.affiliation: Division of Demyelinating Disease and Aging, National Institute of Neuroscience, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8502, Japan. tanahash@ncnp.go.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tabira
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor / Q000378:metabolism*; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D010450:Endopeptidases; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; D016564:Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D010450:Endopeptidases; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C509280:BACE1 protein, human