Coulson_2000_Neurochem.Int_36_175

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Title : What the evolution of the amyloid protein precursor supergene family tells us about its function - Coulson_2000_Neurochem.Int_36_175
Author(s) : Coulson EJ , Paliga K , Beyreuther K , Masters CL
Ref : Neurochem Int , 36 :175 , 2000
Abstract :

The Alzheimer's disease amyloid protein precursor (APP) gene is part of a multi-gene super-family from which sixteen homologous amyloid precursor-like proteins (APLP) and APP species homologues have been isolated and characterised. Comparison of exon structure (including the uncharacterised APL-1 gene), construction of phylogenetic trees, and analysis of the protein sequence alignment of known homologues of the APP super-family were performed to reconstruct the evolution of the family and to assess the functional significance of conserved protein sequences between homologues. This analysis supports an adhesion function for all members of the APP super family, with specificity determined by those sequences which are not conserved between APLP lineages, and provides evidence for an increasingly complex APP superfamily during evolution. The analysis also suggests that Drosophila APPL and Caenorhabditis elegans APL-1 may be a fourth APLP lineage indicating that these proteins, while not functional homologues of human APP, are similarly likely to regulate cell adhesion. Furthermore, the betaA4 sequence is highly conserved only in APP orthologues, strongly suggesting this sequence is of significant functional importance in this lineage.

PubMedSearch : Coulson_2000_Neurochem.Int_36_175
PubMedID: 10676850

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Coulson EJ, Paliga K, Beyreuther K, Masters CL (2000)
What the evolution of the amyloid protein precursor supergene family tells us about its function
Neurochem Int 36 :175

Coulson EJ, Paliga K, Beyreuther K, Masters CL (2000)
Neurochem Int 36 :175