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Cancer tissues showed moderate to strong granular cytoplasmic staining. Most skin cancers were weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
BACE1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
BACE
Description
Beta-site APP-cleaving enzyme 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a member of the peptidase A1 family of aspartic proteases. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants, at least one of which encodes a preproprotein that is proteolytically processed to generate the mature protease. This transmembrane protease catalyzes the first step in the formation of amyloid beta peptide from amyloid precursor protein. Amyloid beta peptides are the main constituent of amyloid beta plaques, which accumulate in the brains of human Alzheimer's disease patients. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]