FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as BACE1_HUMAN, BACE1, BACE, KIAA1149. Responsible for the proteolytic processing of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). Cleaves at the N-terminus of the A-beta peptide sequence, between residues 671 and 672 of APP, leads to the generation and extracellular release of beta-cleaved soluble APP, and a corresponding cell-associated C-terminal fragment which is later released by gamma-secretase (PubMed:10656250, PubMed:10677483, PubMed:20354142). Cleaves CHL1 (By similarity). Monomer. Interacts (via DXXLL motif) with GGA1, GGA2 and GGA3 (via their VHS domain); the interaction highly increases when BACE1 is phosphorylated at Ser-498 (PubMed:14567678, PubMed:15886016). Interacts with RTN1; RTN2; RTN3 and RTN4; the interaction leads to inhibition of amyloid precursor protein processing (PubMed:15286784, PubMed:16965550, PubMed:16979658). Interacts with SNX6 (PubMed:20354142). Interacts with PCSK9 (PubMed:18660751). Interacts with NAT8 and NAT8B (PubMed:19011241). Interacts with BIN1 (PubMed:27179792). Interacts (via extracellular domain) with ADAM10 (via extracellular domain) (By similarity). Interacts with SORL1; this interaction may affect binding with APP and hence reduce APP cleavage (PubMed:16407538).

EXTERNAL LINKS

BACE1

Mutations

Mutation(s) distribution

Mutations table