2000
Overexpression of Human Amyloid Precursor Protein in Drosophila
Yagi Y, Tomita S, Nakamura M, Suzuki T. Overexpression of Human Amyloid Precursor Protein in Drosophila. Archives Of Biochemistry And Biophysics 2000, 4: 43-49. PMID: 11152627, DOI: 10.1006/mcbr.2000.0248.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman APPHuman amyloid precursor proteinAPP expression levelsExpression of APPPrecursor proteinAmyloid precursor proteinBeta-amyloid peptideSynaptic terminalsHuman neuronsAlzheimer's diseaseNeural cellsApp functionsExpression levelsDiseasePhysiological functionsProtein transport systemWing blister phenotypePhenotypeWing phenotypeImaginal discsCuticle secretionNeuronsWing tissueProteinSecretion
1998
A Basic Amino Acid in the Cytoplasmic Domain of Alzheimer's β-Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Is Essential for Cleavage of APP at the α-Site*
Tomita S, Kirino Y, Suzuki T. A Basic Amino Acid in the Cytoplasmic Domain of Alzheimer's β-Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Is Essential for Cleavage of APP at the α-Site*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1998, 273: 19304-19310. PMID: 9668120, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.30.19304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAlzheimer's β-Amyloid Precursor ProteinΒ-amyloid precursor proteinAlzheimer's diseaseSecretion of Abeta40Beta-amyloid precursor proteinFamilial AD mutationsPrecursor proteinAPP cytoplasmic domainBeta-amyloid peptideAPP metabolismAD mutationsSporadic typeAbeta productionAberrant metabolismCTFbetaIntracellular accumulationBasic amino acidsAmino acid mutationsAmino acidsDiseaseSingle amino acid mutationNon-basic amino acidsMetabolismAcid mutationsCytoplasmic domainCleavage 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 compartmentAlphaCellsMetabolism