title: BACE1 interacts with nicastrin.
abstract: Beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) is generated through the proteolytic cleavage of beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) by beta- and gamma-secretases. The beta-secretase, BACE1, initiates Abeta formation followed by gamma-cleavage within the APP transmembrane domain. Although BACE1 localizes in the transGolgi network (TGN), its physiological substrates and modulators are not known. In addition, the relationship to other secretase(s) also remains unidentified. Here, we demonstrate that BACE1 binds to nicastrin, a component of gamma-secretase complexes, in vitro, and that nicastrin activates beta-secretase activity in COS-7 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.
authors.forename: Chinatsu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asai
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oma
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kino
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sasagawa
authors.forename: Takaomi C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Saido
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishiura
mesh_terms: D051722:ADAM Proteins; D000072197:ADAM10 Protein; D000072198:ADAM17 Protein; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D000818:Animals; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019556:COS Cells; D019483:Disintegrins; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: C450760:APP protein, Neisseria meningitidis; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D019483:Disintegrins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; C413604:nicastrin protein; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D010450:Endopeptidases; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C509280:BACE1 protein, human; D051722:ADAM Proteins; C098339:ADAM9 protein, human; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D000072197:ADAM10 Protein; C491236:ADAM10 protein, human; D000072198:ADAM17 Protein