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Definition of Secretase
1. Noun. A set of enzymes believed to snip pieces off a longer protein producing fragments of amyloid protein that bunch up and create amyloid protein plaques in brain tissue (the pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's).
Definition of Secretase
1. Noun. (biochemistry) An enzyme that "snips" pieces off a longer protein that is embedded in the cell membrane. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Secretase
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Secretase
Literary usage of Secretase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (1998)
"Normal processing by cx-secretase allows secretion of the ectodomain of APP ...
To generate the B-amyloid peptide from APP the a-secretase cleavage must be ..."
2. Colección de documentos inéditos para la historia de España by Real Academia de la Historia (Spain) (1875)
"... quería que no fuese la fatiga suya y la gloria de otro, pues ambas cosas las
habia beneficiado él; haciendo, pues, diligencias secretase! ..."