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Amyloidogenic (“amyloid generating”) cleavage by an enzyme called beta-secretase yields “sticky” Aβ peptides that aggregate to form deposits, whereas non-amyloidogenic cleavage by alpha-secretases generates soluble peptides that do not form deposits.
DHBV RNAseH cleavage was not detected under any of these conditions, although the E. coli RNAseH activity was detected in all of them (data not shown).
The proteolytic cleavage site at amino acid 437 was blocked by the site-specific mutation of amino acid residues 433, 434, and 436 [ 22 ] .
In contrast, accelerated cleavage and inactivation of PARP was seen in BRCA1+ cells as early as 1 h after STS treatment.
The cleavage assays were carried out with 1 pmole of 5' 32P-end labeled DNA substrate and 5-10 pmoles of topoisomerase I or Top67 in 10 μl of the buffer used for the gel mobility shift assay.