Multiple choice

Which of the following enzymes cleaves amyloid precursor protein in its transmembrane region?

  1. Alpha secretases

  2. Amino acid permeases

  3. Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocases

  4. Ornithine translocase

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Explanation

Alpha secretases are a family of proteolytic enzymes that cleave amyloid precursor protein (APP) in its transmembrane region. Specifically, alpha secretases cleave within the fragment that gives rise to the Alzheimer's disease-associated peptide amyloid beta when APP is instead processed by beta secretase and gamma secretase.