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Beta-secretase 1

Homo sapiens · seed P56817 · 501 aa · family defined as ≥30% identity to that seed · compiled 07 October 2026

CATH and SCOP identifiers come from the RCSB's own structure annotations, which the Domains panel already reads, so these are looked up rather than guessed at.

456Entries 456Entities 67Constructs 1Organisms 427Ligand-bound
1.25 ÅBest res.
2.00 ÅMedian res.

Every figure here is counted over the whole family rather than quoted from one entry.

The reference structure

2ZJJ, the structure every other member of this family is superposed onto. Rendered by the RCSB and embedded here: the live app shows an interactive viewport, which a document that fetches nothing cannot.

Rendered structure of 2ZJJ
2ZJJ at the RCSB · open it in the 3D viewer

Which residues anyone has ever seen

How many of this family's constructs contain each residue of the seed. A trough is a stretch nobody has put in a construct, which is a construct-design answer rather than a disorder one.

1250501456 constructs

Constructs, most-used first

67 distinct constructs across 456 entries. 455 polymer entities differ from the UniProt canonical sequence in some way, 1 carry a recognised expression tag and 0 carry a fusion partner.

"Differs from canonical" is not the same as "engineered". The canonical sequence is the full gene product, so a secreted protein whose structures all start after its signal peptide counts every one of them as different: lysozyme's most-used construct, residues 19–147 on 1,239 entities, is simply the mature protein. Read the construct column below for what was actually done, rather than this count.

EntitiesLengthBest (Å)Best entryWhat was made
51 402 1.35 6EQM residues 46-447; E46G, T47P
35 411 1.62 5I3V residues 43-453; R56K, R57K
31 406 1.70 2IQG residues 56-461; R56M, T454R, L455S +6 more
31 414 1.49 5HDZ residues 41-454
22 415 1.78 5T1U residues 46-460; L455H, M456H, T457H +3 more
21 409 1.74 3ZMG residues 46-454; K307A
20 416 2.00 6JSE residues 36-454; 1 internal deletion; A37S, P38H, L39M
18 392 1.60 2VIJ residues 61-452; N153Q, N172Q, N223Q +1 more
18 442 1.25 7MYI residues 13-454; G13M
16 405 1.70 2B8L residues 42-446; R42M, K136A, E138A
13 433 1.59 4FGX residues 12-454; 2 internal deletions; 3-residue insertion after 24; A14S, A19S, G21H +11 more
13 455 1.79 3LPJ residues 1-454; 1-residue insertion after 13; Q3S, A4M, L5T +7 more
12 404 1.56 4FM7 residues 58-461; T454R, L455S, M456H +5 more
11 386 1.31 7D5B residues 75-460
11 402 2.10 2OHQ residues 45-446; R56K, R57K
9 390 1.72 3CIB residues 58-447
8 389 1.86 2G94 residues 58-446
6 408 2.00 3MSK residues 46-453; E46G, T47P
5 97 1.55 6QCB residues 65-161
5 386 1.90 3ZKG residues 75-460; E331A
5 388 2.00 4GID residues 59-446
5 390 1.52 5F01 residues 57-446; K307A
5 395 1.50 2QP8 residues 53-447; E53A, P54A
5 395 1.70 3KMX residues 53-447
5 411 1.85 2ZHV residues 44-454; P44M

Showing the 25 most-used of 67.

Positions people deliberately mutate

Columns where the wild-type residue still dominates but a real minority carries something else, which is a different question from "what varies across species".

R56K 29% E46G 19% T47P 19% R57K 18% K136A 13% E138A 13% K307A 10% N172Q 9% N223Q 9% N354Q 9% S59N 6% Q449A 6% V61L 6% R68Q 6% K70D 6% V77L 6% T80L 6% V81I 6% S83T 6% T87K 6% N89Q 6% G102A 6% A103G 6% A104T 6% P107S 6% F108Y 6% R111T 6% Q114D 6% R115T 6% Q116E 6%

What it assembles into

Oligomeric stateChainsEntriesShare
monomeric1 399 87.5%
dimeric2 48 10.5%
trimeric3 4 0.9%
tetrameric4 4 0.9%
hexameric6 1 0.2%

325 entries have the depositor's assembly corroborated by PISA, 121 carry the depositor's word alone and 10 were assigned by PISA where the depositor gave none. The middle figure is not a disagreement: PISA may have returned nothing or never run. 29 entries carry more than one assembly with different chain counts, so they have no single answer to quote: 1LYB, 1LYW, 1XN3, 2EWY, 3FKT, 3KMX, 3KMY, 3LPI, 3LPJ, 3LPK, 3OHF, 3OHH, 4FCO, 4FGX, 4FS4, 4HZT, 4I0D, 4I0E, 4I0F, 4I0G.

Domain architecture

Every source's own domains on the seed axis, one row each. They are not merged: Pfam, CATH, SCOP and InterPro disagree about boundaries, and a merged track would state a consensus none of them gave.

CATHAcid ProteasesSCOP2BAcid proteasesAcid proteases1250501
DomainSourceSpan (seed)Chains
Acid ProteasesCATH 2.40.70.10 96–228 861
Acid proteasesSCOP2B 8036280 60–446 425
Acid proteasesSCOP2B 8066379 62–443 18

What binds it

URE URE8 entries NAG NAG7 entries B3P B3P4 entries WZV WZV4 entries 5HA 5HA3 entries 66F 66F3 entries AXQ AXQ2 entries AXF AXF2 entries CS5 CS52 entries H24 H242 entries VG5 VG52 entries BSD BSD2 entries
ComponentClassNameEntriesBest (Å)
GOLcryoprotectant Glycerol 85 1.25
IODion Iodide Ion 77 1.62
DMScryoprotectant Dimethyl Sulfoxide 54 1.38
SO4ion Sulfate Ion 40 1.29
NAion Sodium Ion 28 1.31
TLAbuffer L(+)-Tartaric Acid 27 1.50
ZNion Zinc Ion 21 1.56
CLion Chloride Ion 16 1.31
TARbuffer D(-)-Tartaric Acid 13 1.50
EDOcryoprotectant 1,2-Ethanediol 13 1.31
ACTcryoprotectant Acetate Ion 12 1.52
NIion Nickel (Ii) Ion 12 1.70
UREligand Urea 8 1.59
PEGcryoprotectant Di(Hydroxyethyl)ether 8 1.59
NAGcofactor 2-Acetamido-2-Deoxy-Beta-D-Glucopyranose 7 1.80
PO4ion Phosphate Ion 4 1.95
B3Pligand 2-[3-(2-Hydroxy-1,1-Dihydroxymethyl-Ethylamino)-Propylamino]-2-H 4 1.51
WZVligand 5-(2,2,2-Trifluoro-Ethoxy)-Pyridine-2-Carboxylic Acid [3-((S)-2- 4 2.00
5HAligand N-[(1s,2r)-1-Benzyl-3-(Cyclopropylamino)-2-Hydroxypropyl]-5-[Met 3 1.60
66Fligand N-{3-[(5r)-3-Amino-2,5-Dimethyl-1,1-Dioxido-5,6-Dihydro-2h-1,2,4 3 1.31

How it crystallises

Parsed from the free text 439 depositors typed into _exptl_crystal_grow.pdbx_details, out of 449 entries that recorded anything at all. Median pH 6.5 (range 3.2 to 8.5).

Precipitants

PEG × Sodium citrate × Ammonium sulfate × Sodium chloride × Lithium sulfate × Sodium formate × Ammonium phosphate × PEG (unspecified) × Calcium chloride × Sodium malonate × Magnesium chloride × Isopropanol ×

Buffers

Citrate × HEPES × Tris × Sodium acetate × Sodium cacodylate × Glycine × MES × Bis-Tris × Imidazole × Bis-Tris propane ×

Which entries to trust

456 entries carry a wwPDB validation report: 140 clean, 211 worth a check and 105 with something to explain. Median clashscore 4.35, median RSRZ outliers 5.26%, median R-free minus R-work 0.036. 426 have released structure factors.

Across species

OrganismEntriesBest (Å)Ligand-boundSeed covered
Homo sapiens456 1.25 427 100%

Seed sequence

501 residues, numbered every ten. Every identity figure in this document is measured against this sequence.

active or binding site modified residue or glycosylation disulphide cysteine transmembrane or signal the 15 most-substituted positions

1MAQALPWLLL WMGAGVLPAH GTQHGIRLPL RSGLGGAPLG LRLPRETDEE PEEPGRRGSF
61VEMVDNLRGK SGQGYYVEMT VGSPPQTLNI LVDTGSSNFA VGAAPHPFLH RYYQRQLSST
121YRDLRKGVYV PYTQGKWEGE LGTDLVSIPH GPNVTVRANI AAITESDKFF INGSNWEGIL
181GLAYAEIARP DDSLEPFFDS LVKQTHVPNL FSLQLCGAGF PLNQSEVLAS VGGSMIIGGI
241DHSLYTGSLW YTPIRREWYY EVIIVRVEIN GQDLKMDCKE YNYDKSIVDS GTTNLRLPKK
301VFEAAVKSIK AASSTEKFPD GFWLGEQLVC WQAGTTPWNI FPVISLYLMG EVTNQSFRIT
361ILPQQYLRPV EDVATSQDDC YKFAISQSST GTVMGAVIME GFYVVFDRAR KRIGFAVSAC
421HVHDEFRTAA VEGPFVTLDM EDCGYNIPQT DESTLMTIAY VMAAICALFM LPLCLMVCQW
481RCLRCLRQQH DDFADDISLL K

Sites are UniProt's curated features where the seed is a UniProt accession; the substituted positions are measured from this family's own alignment rather than annotated, and only the fifteen most substituted are marked: every position carrying a minority substitution would be most of the protein, because the family holds orthologues. A residue can carry more than one and is drawn with the first that applies, in the order of the key above.

Primary citations

One record per paper, not per entry.

YearCitation
2021 Discovery and Early Clinical Development of LY3202626, a Low-Dose, CNS-Penetrant BACE Inhibitor. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00489
2021 Structure-Based Approaches to Improving Selectivity through Utilizing Explicit Water Molecules: Discovery of Selective beta-Secretase (BACE1) Inhibitors over BACE2. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01858
2021 JNJ-67569762, A 2-Aminotetrahydropyridine-Based Selective BACE1 Inhibitor Targeting the S3 Pocket: From Discovery to Clinical Candidate. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00935
2021 Discovery of Extremely Selective Fused Pyridine-Derived beta-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein-Cleaving Enzyme (BACE1) Inhibitors with High In Vivo Efficacy through 10s Loop Interactions. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00359
2021 Synthesis of the Potent, Selective, and Efficacious beta-Secretase (BACE1) Inhibitor NB-360. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c02143
2021 A Structure-Based Discovery Platform for BACE2 and the Development of Selective BACE Inhibitors. Acs Chem Neurosci doi:10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00629
2021 Balancing potency and basicity by incorporating fluoropyridine moieties: Discovery of a 1-amino-3,4-dihydro-2,6-naphthyridine BACE1 inhibitor that affords robust and sustained central A beta reduction. Eur.J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113270
2021 Discovery of Atabecestat (JNJ-54861911): A Thiazine-Based beta-Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme 1 Inhibitor Advanced to the Phase 2b/3 EARLY Clinical Trial. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.0c01917
2020 Preparation and biological evaluation of BACE1 inhibitors: Leveraging trans-cyclopropyl moieties as ligand efficient conformational constraints. Bioorg.Med.Chem. doi:10.1016/j.bmc.2019.115194
2020 Biomimetic Macrocyclic Inhibitors of Human Cathepsin D: Structure-Activity Relationship and Binding Mode Analysis. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01351
2020 Discovery of AM-6494: A Potent and Orally Efficacious beta-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme 1 (BACE1) Inhibitor with in Vivo Selectivity over BACE2. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01034
2020 The development of a structurally distinct series of BACE1 inhibitors via the (Z)-fluoro-olefin amide bioisosteric replacement. Bioorg.Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127240
2020 Discovery and Chemical Development of JNJ-50138803, a Clinical Candidate BACE1 Inhibitor Acs Symp.Ser. doi:10.1021/bk-2018-1307.ch004
2020 D3R grand challenge 4: blind prediction of protein-ligand poses, affinity rankings, and relative binding free energies. J.Comput.Aided Mol.Des. doi:10.1007/s10822-020-00289-y
2019 Structure-Based Design of Selective beta-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme 1 (BACE1) Inhibitors: Targeting the Flap to Gain Selectivity over BACE2. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00309
2019 Evaluation of a Series of beta-Secretase 1 Inhibitors Containing Novel Heteroaryl-Fused-Piperazine Amidine Warheads. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.9b00181
2019 Development of an Efficient Enzyme Production and Structure-Based Discovery Platform for BACE1 Inhibitors. Biochemistry doi:10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00714
2019 Trifluoromethyl Dihydrothiazine-Based beta-Secretase (BACE1) Inhibitors with Robust Central beta-Amyloid Reduction and Minimal Covalent Binding Burden. Chemmedchem doi:10.1002/cmdc.201900478
2019 Discovery of an Extremely Potent Thiazine-Based beta-Secretase Inhibitor with Reduced Cardiovascular and Liver Toxicity at a Low Projected Human Dose. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01140
2018 The BACE-1 inhibitor CNP520 for prevention trials in Alzheimer's disease. EMBO Mol Med doi:10.15252/emmm.201809316
2018 Toward beta-Secretase-1 Inhibitors with Improved Isoform Selectivity. J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01716
2018 Discovery of amino-1,4-oxazines as potent BACE-1 inhibitors. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.05.003
2018 qFit-ligand Reveals Widespread Conformational Heterogeneity of Drug-Like Molecules in X-Ray Electron Density Maps. J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b01292
2018 Diastereoselective synthesis of fused cyclopropyl-3-amino-2,4-oxazine beta-amyloid cleaving enzyme (BACE) inhibitors and their biological evaluation. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.01.056
2018 Discovery of Potent and Centrally Active 6-Substituted 5-Fluoro-1,3-dihydro-oxazine beta-Secretase (BACE1) Inhibitors via Active Conformation Stabilization J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00011
2018 Rational Design of Novel 1,3-Oxazine Based beta-Secretase (BACE1) Inhibitors: Incorporation of a Double Bond To Reduce P-gp Efflux Leading to Robust A beta Reduction in the Brain J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.8b00002
2018 Design, synthesis, X-ray studies, and biological evaluation of novel BACE1 inhibitors with bicyclic isoxazoline carboxamides as the P3 ligand. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2018.06.045
2017 Optimization of Hydroxyethylamine Transition State Isosteres as Aspartic Protease Inhibitors by Exploiting Conformational Preferences. J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b01304
2017 Aminomethyl-Derived Beta Secretase (BACE1) Inhibitors: Engaging Gly230 without an Anilide Functionality. J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01451
2017 Potent and Selective BACE-1 Peptide Inhibitors Lower Brain A beta Levels Mediated by Brain Shuttle Transport. EBioMedicine doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.09.004
2017 Development of 2-aminooxazoline 3-azaxanthene beta-amyloid cleaving enzyme (BACE) inhibitors with improved selectivity against Cathepsin D. Medchemcomm doi:10.1039/c7md00106a
2017 Design, synthesis, and X-ray structural studies of BACE-1 inhibitors containing substituted 2-oxopiperazines as P1'-P2' ligands. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.04.011
2016 Structure-Based Design of an Iminoheterocyclic beta-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme (BACE) Inhibitor that Lowers Central A beta in Nonhuman Primates. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01995
2016 Discovery of the 3-Imino-1,2,4-thiadiazinane 1,1-Dioxide Derivative Verubecestat (MK-8931)-A beta-Site Amyloid Precursor Protein Cleaving Enzyme 1 Inhibitor for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. J. Med. Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00307
2016 A Real-World Perspective on Molecular Design. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01875
2016 Fragment-Linking Approach Using (19)F NMR Spectroscopy To Obtain Highly Potent and Selective Inhibitors of beta-Secretase. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01917
2016 Targeting the BACE1 Active Site Flap Leads to a Potent Inhibitor That Elicits Robust Brain A beta Reduction in Rodents. Acs Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00432
2016 Discovery of S3-Truncated, C-6 Heteroaryl Substituted Aminothiazine beta-Site APP Cleaving Enzyme-1 (BACE1) Inhibitors. J.Med.Chem. doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01012
2016 Design of Potent and Highly Selective Inhibitors for Human beta-Secretase 2 (Memapsin 1), a Target for Type 2 Diabetes. Chem Sci doi:10.1039/C5SC03718B
2016 Discovery of furo[2,3-d][1,3]thiazinamines as beta amyloid cleaving enzyme-1 (BACE1) inhibitors. Bioorg.Med.Chem.Lett. doi:10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.10.055