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JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 128, 期 6, 页码 897-902出版社
JAPANESE BIOCHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022839
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Alzheimer's disease; amyloid beta peptide; catabolism; neprilysin; neutral endopeptidase
Amyloid beta peptide (A beta) is a physiological peptide that is constantly catabolized in the brain. We previously demonstrated that an endopeptidase sensitive to phosphoramidon and thiorphan conducts the initial rate-limiting proteolysis of A beta in vivo, but the exact molecular identity of the peptidase(s) has remained unknown because of the molecular redundancy of such activity. We analyzed the brain-derived enzyme by means of immune-depletion and gene disruption, and demonstrate here that neprilysin accounts for the majority of the A beta -degrading activity. Furthermore, kinetic analysis, giving a K-m value of 2.8 +/- 0.76 muM, indicated that A beta (1-42) is a relevant substrate for neprilysin.
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