[HTML][HTML] Homodimerization of presenilin N-terminal fragments is affected by mutations linked to Alzheimer's disease

S Cervantes, R Gonzàlez-Duarte, G Marfany - FEBS letters, 2001 - Elsevier
Mutations on human presenilins 1 and 2 cause dominant early-onset familial Alzheimer's
disease (FAD). Presenilins are polytopic transmembrane proteins endoproteolytically …

Mutation of conserved aspartates affect maturation of presenilin 1 and presenilin 2 complexes

G Yu, F Chen, M Nishimura, H Steiner… - Acta Neurologica …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Presenilin (PS1 and PS2) holoproteins are transiently incorporated into low molecular
weight (MW) complexes. During subsequent incorporation into a higher MW complex, they …

[HTML][HTML] Oligomerization of human presenilin-1 fragments

SS Hébert, C Godin, G Lévesque - FEBS letters, 2003 - Elsevier
To gain insight into presenilin-1 (PS1) structural aspects, we explored the structure–function
relationship of its N-and C-terminal (NTF and CTF, respectively) complexes. We …

The proteolytic fragments of the Alzheimer's disease-associated presenilin-1 form heterodimers and occur as a 100–150-kDa molecular mass complex

A Capell, J Grunberg, B Pesold, A Diehlmann… - Journal of Biological …, 1998 - ASBMB
Mutations in the presenilin (PS) genes are linked to early onset familial Alzheimer's disease
(FAD). PS-1 proteins are proteolytically processed by an unknown protease to two stable …

Dimerization of presenilin-1 in vivo: suggestion of novel regulatory mechanisms leading to higher order complexes

SS Hébert, C Godin, T Tomiyama, H Mori… - Biochemical and …, 2003 - Elsevier
A growing body of evidence indicates that presenilins could exist and be active as
oligomeric complexes. Using yeast two-hybrid and cell culture analysis, we provide …

Identification of ubiquilin, a novel presenilin interactor that increases presenilin protein accumulation

AL Mah, G Perry, MA Smith, MJ Monteiro - The Journal of cell biology, 2000 - rupress.org
Mutations in the highly homologous presenilin genes encoding presenilin-1 and presenilin-
2 (PS1 and PS2) are linked to early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, apart from a …

Presenilin proteins undergo heterogeneous endoproteolysis between Thr291and Ala299and occur as stable N-and C-terminal fragments in normal and Alzheimer …

MB Podlisny, M Citron, P Amarante, R Sherrington… - Neurobiology of …, 1997 - Elsevier
Humans inheriting missense mutations in thepresenilin (PS) 1 and-2 genes undergo
progressive cerebral deposition of the amyloid β-protein at an early age and develop a …

Presenilin-1 D257A and D385A mutants fail to cleave Notch in their endoproteolyzed forms, but only presenilin-1 D385A mutant can restore its γ-secretase activity with …

H Kim, H Ki, HS Park, K Kim - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005 - ASBMB
The enzyme γ-secretase is involved in the cleavage of several type I membrane proteins,
such as Notch 1 and amyloid precursor protein. Presenilin-1 (PS-1) is one of the critical …

Mutation of conserved aspartates affects maturation of both aspartate mutant and endogenous presenilin 1 and presenilin 2 complexes

G Yu, F Chen, M Nishimura, H Steiner, A Tandon… - Journal of Biological …, 2000 - ASBMB
Presenilin (PS1 and PS2) holoproteins are transiently incorporated into low molecular
weight (MW) complexes. During subsequent incorporation into a higher MW complex, they …

The presenilin C‐terminus is required for ER‐retention, nicastrin‐binding and γ‐secretase activity

C Kaether, A Capell, D Edbauer, E Winkler… - The EMBO …, 2004 - embopress.org
γ‐Secretase is an intramembrane cleaving protease involved in Alzheimer's disease. γ‐
Secretase occurs as a high molecular weight complex composed of presenilin (PS1/2) …