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Bace1 Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Bace1
beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1
MGI:1346542


Nomenclature History
Genetic Map
Chromosome 9
Syntenic
 
Mapping data( 2)
Sequence Map
Chr9:45646666-45670524 bp, + strand
(From NCBI annotation of NCBI Build 37)
Ensembl ContigView | UCSC Browser | NCBI Map Viewer

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Mammalian
homology
human; chimpanzee; cattle; dog, domestic; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Protein SuperFamily: memapsin
TreeFam: TF329595
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic 23821 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 23859 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_011792 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 4194 C57BL/6
polypeptide P56818 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 501 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(42)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(13) : Targeted, knock-out(7) Targeted, other(5) Gene trapped(1)
Some alleles with a targeted mutation exhibit small body size, postnatal lethality, hyperactivity, decreased anxiety, and abnormal APP processing by neurons, while others appear normal.
Polymorphisms SNPs within 2kb(309 from dbSNP Build 128)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications(14)
Process proteolysis
Component axon, cytoplasmic vesicle...
Function aspartic-type endopeptidase activity, endopeptidase activity...
External Resources: MouseFunc
Expression Literature Summary: (3 records)
Data Summary: Assays (3)    Results (15)    Tissues (4)    Images (3)
Theiler Stages: 22,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      Western blot 1   4
      RT-PCR 1   9
      Northern blot 1   2
cDNA source data(18)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GEO 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(23) cDNA(21) Primer pair(1) Other(1) Antibodies(1)
Microarray probesets(4)
Other database
links
EC 3.4.23.46
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000032086
DFCI TC1574086, TC1599476, TC1605879
Entrez Gene 23821
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Bace1
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR001461 Peptidase A1
IPR001969 Peptidase aspartic, active site
IPR009007 Peptidase aspartic, catalytic
IPR009119 Peptidase A1, beta-site APP cleaving enzyme, BACE
IPR009120 Peptidase A1, beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1, BACE 1
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:43334 Vassar R et al., "Beta-secretase cleavage of Alzheimer's amyloid precursor protein by the transmembrane aspartic protease BACE [see comments]" Science 1999 Oct 22;286(5440):735-41
(Latest) J:152969 Philipson O et al., "Genetic and pharmacological evidence of intraneuronal Abeta accumulation in APP transgenic mice." FEBS Lett 2009 Sep 17;583(18):3021-6
All references(45)
Other
accession IDs
MGI:2143381

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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last database update
11/20/2009
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