BACE1

beta-secretase 1

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]

Known Variants37 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs104796411:117,156,893G/T——
rs53586011:117,159,878A/Tdownstream gene variant—
rs20221981711:117,160,321C/Tsynonymous variant—
rs13864409311:117,160,329G/A—uncertain significance
rs253986915711:117,160,412G/T—uncertain significance
rs36901439711:117,160,415A/G—uncertain significance
rs76331790511:117,160,422T/C—uncertain significance
rs253986926011:117,160,427G/T—uncertain significance
rs146972636711:117,160,428T/C—uncertain significance
rs14258194911:117,160,435A/T—uncertain significance
rs253986956411:117,160,478G/A—uncertain significance
rs36825874911:117,161,242G/A—uncertain significance
rs76831507411:117,161,654C/T—uncertain significance
rs75195566511:117,161,746C/T—uncertain significance
rs75660088511:117,161,764G/A—uncertain significance
rs203444548811:117,162,484G/A—uncertain significance
rs75177366011:117,163,782C/A—uncertain significance
rs63840511:117,163,824C/Gsynonymous variant—
rs134276962411:117,163,840T/G—uncertain significance
rs77588026411:117,163,846C/T—uncertain significance
rs57150869211:117,163,847G/A—uncertain significance
rs77375297911:117,163,874T/C—uncertain significance
rs253988832611:117,164,615T/G—uncertain significance
rs253988842711:117,164,642C/T—uncertain significance
rs96923031811:117,166,007T/C—uncertain significance
rs253989388911:117,166,016G/T—uncertain significance
rs75281500811:117,167,628G/T—uncertain significance
rs54843267611:117,171,454T/G——
rs68021011:117,172,820T/A——
rs14209333711:117,177,383C/Tregulatory region variant—
rs52549311:117,182,708T/Gupstream gene variant—
rs75992460211:117,186,258G/A—uncertain significance
rs76464228311:117,186,321A/G—uncertain significance
rs91948498211:117,186,394C/G—uncertain significance
rs100106779611:117,186,415C/A—uncertain significance
rs120196791511:117,186,478T/C—likely benign
rs493836911:117,188,120C/Tupstream gene variant—

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.