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SUBMITTER: Zhang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6943888 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Zhentao Z Tian Ye Y Ye Keqiang K
Translational neurodegeneration 20200106
Mammalian asparagine endopeptidase (AEP) is a cysteine protease that cleaves its protein substrates on the C-terminal side of asparagine residues. Converging lines of evidence indicate that AEP may be involved in the pathogenesis of several neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and frontotemporal dementia. AEP is activated in the aging brain, cleaves amyloid precursor protein (APP) and promotes the production of amyloid-β (Aβ). We renamed AEP to δ-secretase t ...[more]