| Literature DB >> 14736502 |
Gwendalyn D King1, R Scott Turner.
Abstract
The cytoplasmic C-terminus of APP plays critical roles in its cellular trafficking and delivery to proteases. Adaptor proteins with phosphotyrosine-binding (PTB) domains, including those in the X11, Fe65, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-interacting protein (JIP) families, bind specifically to the absolutely conserved -YENPTY- motif in the APP C-terminus to regulate its trafficking and processing. Compounds that modulate APP-adaptor protein interactions may inhibit Abeta generation by specifically targeting the substrate (APP) instead of the enzyme (beta- or gamma-secretase). Genetic polymorphisms in (or near) adaptor proteins may influence risk of sporadic AD by interacting with APP in vivo to modulate its trafficking and processing to Abeta.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 14736502 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2003.10.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Neurol ISSN: 0014-4886 Impact factor: 5.330