Structural highlights
Function
[A4_RAT] Functions as a cell surface receptor and performs physiological functions on the surface of neurons relevant to neurite growth, neuronal adhesion and axonogenesis. Involved in cell mobility and transcription regulation through protein-protein interactions (By similarity). Can promote transcription activation through binding to APBB1-KAT5 and inhibit Notch signaling through interaction with Numb (By similarity). Couples to apoptosis-inducing pathways such as those mediated by G(O) and JIP. Inhibits G(o) alpha ATPase activity. Acts as a kinesin I membrane receptor, mediating the axonal transport of beta-secretase and presenilin 1 (By similarity). May be involved in copper homeostasis/oxidative stress through copper ion reduction. Can regulate neurite outgrowth through binding to components of the extracellular matrix such as heparin and collagen I and IV (By similarity). The splice isoforms that contain the BPTI domain possess protease inhibitor activity. Induces a AGER-dependent pathway that involves activation of p38 MAPK, resulting in internalization of amyloid-beta peptide and leading to mitochondrial dysfunction in cultured mitochondrial dysfunction in cultured cortical neurons. Provides Cu(2+) ions for GPC1 which are required for release of nitric oxide (NO) and subsequent degradation of the heparan sulfate chains on GPC1 (By similarity). Beta-amyloid peptides are lipophilic metal chelators with metal-reducing activity. Binds transient metals such as copper, zinc and iron. Rat and mouse beta-amyloid peptides bind only weakly transient metals and have little reducing activity due to substitutions of transient metal chelating residues. Beta-APP42 may activate mononuclear phagocytes in the brain and elicits inflammatory responses. Promotes both tau aggregation and TPK II-mediated phosphorylation. Also bind GPC1 in lipid rafts (By similarity). Appicans elicit adhesion of neural cells to the extracellular matrix and may regulate neurite outgrowth in the brain. The gamma-CTF peptides as well as the caspase-cleaved peptides, including C31, are potent enhancers of neuronal apoptosis (By similarity). N-APP binds TNFRSF21 triggering caspase activation and degeneration of both neuronal cell bodies (via caspase-3) and axons (via caspase-6) (By similarity).
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) is a major component of insoluble amyloid deposits in Alzheimer's disease, and the ability of the beta-peptide to exist in different conformations is dependent on residues 1-28 [beta-(1-28)]. However, different from humans, no Abeta amyloid deposition has been found in aged rats' brains. Studying the three-dimensional solution structure of rat Abeta-(1-28) and the binding circumstance of Zn(2+) is beneficial to a clear understanding of the potential role of Zn(2+) in Alzheimer-associated neuropathogenesis and to suggest why there is no amyloid deposition in aged rats' brains. Here we used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to determine the solution structure of rat Abeta-(1-28) and the binding constant of Zn(2+) to rat Abeta-(1-28). Our results suggest that (1) the three-dimensional solution structure of rat Abeta-(1-28) is more stable than that of human Abeta-(1-28) in DMSO- d(6) and that a helical region from Glu16 to Val24 exists in the rat Abeta-(1-28); (2) the affinity of Zn(2+) for rat Abeta-(1-28) is lower than that for human Abeta-(1-28) and the NMR data suggest that Arg13, His6, and His14 residues provide the primary binding sites for Zn(2+); and (3) the proper binding of Zn(2+) to rat Abeta-(1-28) can induce the peptide to change to a more stable conformation.
The solution structure of rat Abeta-(1-28) and its interaction with zinc ion: insights into the scarcity of amyloid deposition in aged rat brain.,Huang J, Yao Y, Lin J, Ye YH, Sun WY, Tang Dagger WX J Biol Inorg Chem. 2004 Jul;9(5):627-35. Epub 2004 May 25. PMID:15160315[1]
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References
- ↑ Huang J, Yao Y, Lin J, Ye YH, Sun WY, Tang Dagger WX. The solution structure of rat Abeta-(1-28) and its interaction with zinc ion: insights into the scarcity of amyloid deposition in aged rat brain. J Biol Inorg Chem. 2004 Jul;9(5):627-35. Epub 2004 May 25. PMID:15160315 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00775-004-0556-x
