Peptidomimetic probes and molecular modeling suggest that Alzheimer's gamma-secretase is an intramembrane-cleaving aspartyl protease.
Wolfe MS, Xia W, Moore CL, Leatherwood DD, Ostaszewski B, Rahmati T, Donkor IO, Selkoe DJ.
Wolfe MS, et al.
Biochemistry. 1999 Apr 13;38(15):4720-7. doi: 10.1021/bi982562p.
Biochemistry. 1999.
PMID: 10200159
We recently described a difluoro ketone peptidomimetic (1) that blocks Abeta production at the gamma-secretase level [Wolfe, M. S., et al. (1998) J. Med. Chem. 41, 6-9]. Although designed to inhibit Abeta42 production, 1 also effectively blocked Abeta40 formation. . …
We recently described a difluoro ketone peptidomimetic (1) that blocks Abeta production at the gamma-secretase level [Wolfe, M …