Substrate ectodomain is critical for substrate preference and inhibition of γ-secretase

S Funamoto, T Sasaki, S Ishihara, M Nobuhara… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Understanding the substrate recognition mechanism of γ-secretase is a key step for
establishing substrate-specific inhibition of amyloid β-protein (Aβ) production. However, it is …

An APP inhibitory domain containing the Flemish mutation residue modulates γ-secretase activity for Aβ production

Y Tian, B Bassit, D Chau, YM Li - Nature structural & molecular biology, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract γ-secretase is an aspartyl protease that cleaves multiple substrates within their
transmembrane domains. γ-secretase processes the amyloid precursor protein (APP) to …

Substrate docking to γ-secretase allows access of γ-secretase modulators to an allosteric site

K Uemura, KC Farner, T Hashimoto… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract γ-Secretase generates the peptides of Alzheimer's disease, Aβ40 and Aβ42, by
cleaving the amyloid precursor protein within its transmembrane domain. γ-Secretase also …

The amyloid-beta forming tripeptide cleavage mechanism of γ-secretase

DM Bolduc, DR Montagna, MC Seghers, MS Wolfe… - Elife, 2016 - elifesciences.org
γ-secretase is responsible for the proteolysis of amyloid precursor protein (APP) into short,
aggregation-prone amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptides, which are centrally implicated in the …

Conserved residues within the putative active site of γ‐secretase differentially influence enzyme activity and inhibitor binding

JDJ Wrigley, EJ Nunn, O Nyabi… - Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract γ‐Secretase performs the final processing step in the generation of amyloid‐β (Aβ)
peptides, which are believed to be causative for Alzheimer's disease. Presenilins (PS) are …

APP substrate ectodomain defines amyloid‐β peptide length by restraining γ‐secretase processivity and facilitating product release

M Koch, T Enzlein, SY Chen, D Petit, S Lismont… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Sequential proteolysis of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by γ‐secretases generates
amyloid‐β (Aβ) peptides and defines the proportion of short‐to‐long Aβ peptides, which is …

Modulation of γ-secretase specificity using small molecule allosteric inhibitors

CC Shelton, L Zhu, D Chau, L Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
γ-Secretase cleaves multiple substrates within the transmembrane domain that include the
amyloid precursor protein as well as the Notch family of receptors. These substrates are …

Allosteric regulation of γ-secretase activity by a phenylimidazole-type γ-secretase modulator

K Takeo, S Tanimura, T Shinoda… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
γ-Secretase is an intramembrane-cleaving protease responsible for the generation of
amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides. Recently, a series of compounds called γ-secretase modulators …

Dual role of α-secretase cleavage in the regulation of γ-secretase activity for amyloid production

Y Tian, CJ Crump, YM Li - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2010 - ASBMB
Processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) by β-and γ-secretases generates
pathogenic β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides associated with Alzheimer disease (AD), whereas …

Hydrophilic loop 1 of Presenilin-1 and the APP GxxxG transmembrane motif regulate γ-secretase function in generating Alzheimer-causing Aβ peptides

L Liu, BM Lauro, MS Wolfe, DJ Selkoe - Journal of biological chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
γ-Secretase is responsible for the proteolysis of amyloid precursor protein (APP) into
amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptides, which are centrally implicated in the pathogenesis of …