Cleavage of Alzheimer's Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) by Secretases Occurs after O-Glycosylation of APP in the Protein Secretory Pathway IDENTIFICATION OF INTRACELLULAR COMPARTMENTS IN WHICH APP CLEAVAGE OCCURS WITHOUT USING TOXIC AGENTS THAT INTERFERE WITH PROTEIN METABOLISM*
Tomita S, Kirino Y, Suzuki T. Cleavage of Alzheimer's Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) by Secretases Occurs after O-Glycosylation of APP in the Protein Secretory Pathway IDENTIFICATION OF INTRACELLULAR COMPARTMENTS IN WHICH APP CLEAVAGE OCCURS WITHOUT USING TOXIC AGENTS THAT INTERFERE WITH PROTEIN METABOLISM*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1998, 273: 6277-6284. PMID: 9497354, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.11.6277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer amyloid precursor proteinAmyloid precursor proteinAPP cleavageParenchymal amyloid depositsAPP carboxyl-terminal fragmentsPrecursor proteinBeta-amyloid peptideProtein metabolismNormal protein metabolismPossible intracellular siteAbeta generationAmyloid depositsAlzheimer's diseaseCarboxyl-terminal fragmentDefective O-glycosylationToxic agentsIntracellular secretory pathwayDiseasePresent studyIntracellular sitesBetaReticular compartmentAlphaCellsMetabolismcDNA isolation of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein from cholinergic nerve terminals of the electric organ of the electric ray
IIJIMA K, LEE D, OKUTSU J, TOMITA S, HIRASHIMA N, KIRINO Y, SUZUKI T. cDNA isolation of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein from cholinergic nerve terminals of the electric organ of the electric ray. Biochemical Journal 1998, 330: 29-33. PMID: 9461486, PMCID: PMC1219103, DOI: 10.1042/bj3300029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer amyloid precursor proteinAmyloid precursor proteinNerve terminalsCholinergic nerve terminalsPrecursor proteinBeta-amyloid domainAPP695 isoformCholinergic neuronsElectric ray electric organCell bodiesElectric organNeuronsRay electric organPresent studyElectric lobePhosphorylation sitesCytoplasmic domainOrgansPhosphorylated formPhosphorylationProtein