Presenilins
"Presenilins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Integral membrane proteins and essential components of the gamma-secretase complex that catalyzes the cleavage of membrane proteins such as NOTCH RECEPTORS and AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES precursors. Mutations of presenilins lead to presenile ALZHEIMER DISEASE with onset before age 65 years.
| Descriptor ID |
D053763
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.696
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