Anti-BACE1 Antibody Picoband® Fluoro647 Conjugated

Beta-secretase 1, also known as beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1, beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1), membrane-associated aspartic protease 2, memapsin-2, aspartyl protease 2, and ASP2, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the BACE1 gene. This gene encodes a member of the peptidase A1 family of aspartic proteases. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to generate the mature protease. This transmembrane protease catalyzes the first step in the formation of amyloid beta peptide from amyloid precursor protein. Amyloid beta peptides are the main constituent of amyloid beta plaques, which accumulate in the brains of human Alzheimer's disease patients.

Angiogenesis, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Developmental Biology, Growth Factors, Growth Factors/Hormones, Nervous System Development, Organogenesis, Secreted, Signal Transduction, Signaling Pathways, Stem Cells, TGF Beta

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