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  3. A gamma-secretase-like intramembrane cleavage of TNFalpha by the GxGD aspartyl protease SPPL2b

A gamma-secretase-like intramembrane cleavage of TNFalpha by the GxGD aspartyl protease SPPL2b

  • Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Aug;8(8):894-6. doi: 10.1038/ncb1450.
Regina Fluhrer 1,  Gudula Grammer,  Lars Israel,  Margaret M Condron,  Christof Haffner,  Elena Friedmann,  Claudia Böhland,  Axel Imhof,  Bruno Martoglio,  David B Teplow,  Christian Haass
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Affiliation

  • 1 Adolf Butenandt Institute, Department of Biochemistry, Laboratory for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease Research, Ludwig Maximilians University, 80336 Munich, Germany.
PMID: 16829951 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1450
Abstract

Gamma-secretase and signal peptide peptidase (SPP) are unusual GxGD aspartyl proteases, which mediate intramembrane proteolysis. In addition to SPP, a family of SPP-like proteins (SPPLs) of unknown function has been identified. We demonstrate that SPPL2b utilizes multiple intramembrane cleavages to liberate the intracellular domain of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) into the cytosol and the carboxy-terminal counterpart into the extracellular space. These findings suggest common principles for regulated intramembrane proteolysis by GxGD aspartyl proteases.

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