メマプシン2 (β-セクレタゼ) のプロテアゼドメインの構造は,阻害剤と複合しています

L Hong1, G Koelsch, X Lin

  • 1Protein Studies Program and Crystallography Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 6, 2000
PubMed
まとめ

メマプシン2は,アルツハイマー病において重要な役割を果たし,ユニークな活性部位構造を持っています. この構造的洞察は,潜在的なアルツハイマー病の治療のための選択的阻害剤の設計に役立ちます.

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