| 单词 | amyloid precursor protein |
| 释义 | > as lemmasamyloid precursor protein amyloid precursor protein n. Biochem. a membrane protein that gives rise by proteolysis to a smaller protein, beta-amyloid, deposits of which are found in the brain in Alzheimer's disease and certain other disorders; cf. beta-amyloid n. at beta n. Additions; abbreviated APP. ΚΠ 1980 Jrnl. Immunol. 125 175/1 A group of DFP-inhibitable serine proteases that..degrade the amyloid precursor protein SAA has been partially characterized. 1991 Science 22 Feb. 876/3 Few ideas have seen such rapid ups and downs as the notion that mutations in the gene encoding a protein called amyloid precursor protein (APP) might cause the hereditary form of Alzheimer's disease. 2008 P. J. Whitehouse & D. George Myth of Alzheimer's ii. 61 Embedded in each neuronal cell membrane is a naturally occurring compound called amyloid precursor protein (APP) that helps neurons grow and survive. < as lemmas |
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