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SUBMITTER: Costantini C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2275071 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Costantini Claudio C Ko Mi Hee MH Jonas Mary Cabell MC Puglielli Luigi L
The Biochemical journal 20071101 3
The lipid second messenger ceramide regulates the rate of beta cleavage of the Alzheimer's disease APP (amyloid precursor protein) by affecting the molecular stability of the beta secretase BACE1 (beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1). Such an event is stimulated in the brain by the normal process of aging, and is under the control of the general aging programme mediated by the insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor. In the present study we report that BACE1 is acetylated on seven lysine residues of t ...[more]