CHEBI:64645 - amyloid-β

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ChEBI Name amyloid-β ChEBI ID CHEBI:64645 ChEBI ASCII Name amyloid-beta Definition A peptide of 36-43 amino acids that is processed from the amyloid precursor protein. Appears to be the main constituent of amyloid plaques (deposits found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients). Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team. Submitter Rebecca Foulger eleh Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:53002 Wikipedia License Read full article at Wikipedia Roles Classification Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid). (via organic amino compound ) View more via ChEBI Ontology ChEBI Ontology Outgoing amyloid-β (CHEBI:64645) is a polypeptide (CHEBI:15841) Incoming amyloid-β polypeptide 40 (CHEBI:64646) is a amyloid-β (CHEBI:64645) amyloid-β polypeptide 42 (CHEBI:64647) is a amyloid-β (CHEBI:64645) Synonyms Sources amyloid beta SUBMITTER β amyloid ChEBI β-amyloid ChEBI β-amyloids ChEBI Manual Xrefs Databases Beta_amyloid Wikipedia C16514 KEGG COMPOUND C16515 KEGG COMPOUND View more database links Citations Types Sources 21892760 PubMed citation Europe PMC 22226401 PubMed citation Europe PMC 22457725 PubMed citation Europe PMC 22459190 PubMed citation Europe PMC 22561032 PubMed citation Europe PMC 22569063 PubMed citation Europe PMC Last Modified 25 July 2017