Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
"Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A single-pass type I membrane protein. It is cleaved by AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN SECRETASES to produce peptides of varying amino acid lengths. A 39-42 amino acid peptide, AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES is a principal component of the extracellular amyloid in SENILE PLAQUES.
| Descriptor ID |
D016564
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.049.407.249 D12.776.543.039 D12.776.645.468.500 D12.776.811.050
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| Concept/Terms |
Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor- Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
- Amyloid beta Protein Precursor
- beta-Protein Precursor, Amyloid
- Amyloid beta Precursor Protein
- Protease Nexin II
- Nexin II, Protease
- beta-Amyloid Protein Precursor
- beta Amyloid Protein Precursor
- Protease Nexin 2
- Nexin 2, Protease
- Amyloid A4 Protein Precursor
- Amyloid Protein Precursor
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