Tetraspanin 8 is an interactor of the metalloprotease meprin β within tetraspanin-enriched microdomains
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Meprin β is a dimeric type I transmembrane protein and acts as an ectodomain sheddase at the cell surface. It has been shown that meprin β cleaves the amyloid precursor protein (APP), thereby releasing neurotoxic amyloid β peptides and implicating a role of... ...