Presenilin-1
"Presenilin-1" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Integral membrane protein of Golgi and endoplasmic reticulum. Its homodimer is an essential component of the gamma-secretase complex that catalyzes the cleavage of membrane proteins such as NOTCH RECEPTORS and AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES precursors. PSEN1 mutations cause early-onset ALZHEIMER DISEASE type 3 that may occur as early as 30 years of age in humans.
| Descriptor ID |
D053764
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.543.696.500
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De Gasperi R, Gama Sosa MA, Wen PH, Li J, Perez GM, Curran T, Elder GA. Cortical development in the presenilin-1 null mutant mouse fails after splitting of the preplate and is not due to a failure of reelin-dependent signaling. Dev Dyn. 2008 Sep; 237(9):2405-14.