Medical Dictionary

secretase

noun se·cre·tase \si-ˈkrē-ˌtās\

Medical Definition of SECRETASE

:  any of several transmembrane proteases that are capable of cleaving amyloid precursor protein and include two forms that function in the generation of beta-amyloid

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