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Structural biology of presenilin 1 complexes

Overview of attention for article published in Molecular Neurodegeneration, December 2014
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Title
Structural biology of presenilin 1 complexes
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Molecular Neurodegeneration, December 2014
DOI 10.1186/1750-1326-9-59
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Yi Li, Christopher Bohm, Roger Dodd, Fusheng Chen, Seema Qamar, Gerold Schmitt-Ulms, Paul E Fraser, Peter H St George-Hyslop

Abstract

The presenilin genes were first identified as the site of missense mutations causing early onset autosomal dominant familial Alzheimer's disease. Subsequent work has shown that the presenilin proteins are the catalytic subunits of a hetero-tetrameric complex containing APH1, nicastrin and PEN-2. This complex (variously termed presenilin complex or gamma-secretase complex) performs an unusual type of proteolysis in which the transmembrane domains of Type I proteins are cleaved within the hydrophobic compartment of the membrane. This review describes some of the molecular and structural biology of this unusual enzyme complex. The presenilin complex is a bilobed structure. The head domain contains the ectodomain of nicastrin. The base domain contains a central cavity with a lateral cleft that likely provides the route for access of the substrate to the catalytic cavity within the centre of the base domain. There are reciprocal allosteric interactions between various sites in the complex that affect its function. For instance, binding of Compound E, a peptidomimetic inhibitor to the PS1 N-terminus, induces significant conformational changes that reduces substrate binding at the initial substrate docking site, and thus inhibits substrate cleavage. However, there is a reciprocal allosteric interaction between these sites such that prior binding of the substrate to the initial docking site paradoxically increases the binding of the Compound E peptidomimetic inhibitor. Such reciprocal interactions are likely to form the basis of a gating mechanism that underlies access of substrate to the catalytic site. An increasingly detailed understanding of the structural biology of the presenilin complex is an essential step towards rational design of substrate- and/or cleavage site-specific modulators of presenilin complex function.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 106 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 25 23%
Researcher 18 16%
Student > Bachelor 18 16%
Student > Master 12 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 5%
Other 13 12%
Unknown 18 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 18 16%
Neuroscience 16 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 10%
Chemistry 7 6%
Other 12 11%
Unknown 24 22%
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