Q9NZ42: Gamma-secretase subunit PEN-2 (PSENEN)

Gamma-secretase subunit PEN-2 (PSENEN) is a 101-residue protein from Homo sapiens. This is its AlphaFold structure prediction, created 1 Aug 2025. UniProt accession: Q9NZ42.

Gene
PSENEN
Organism
Homo sapiens
Length
101 residues
Mean pLDDT
92.6
Model
AF-Q9NZ42-F1 v6
Model created
1 Aug 2025
PDB structures
27

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Model confidence (pLDDT)

The mean pLDDT of this model is 92.6 (very high overall). pLDDT is AlphaFold's per-residue confidence score from 0 to 100. In MolViewer, choose the B-factor color scheme to color the model by pLDDT, because AlphaFold stores it in the B-factor column.

pLDDT bandMeaningShare of residues
Above 90Very high: backbone and side chains are usually accurate85%
70 to 90Confident: backbone generally right13%
50 to 70Low: treat with caution2%
Below 50Very low: often disordered regions0%

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Function

Essential subunit of the gamma-secretase complex, an endoprotease complex that catalyzes the intramembrane cleavage of integral membrane proteins such as Notch receptors and APP (amyloid-beta precursor protein) (PubMed:12522139, PubMed:12679784, PubMed:12740439, PubMed:12763021, PubMed:24941111, PubMed:30598546, PubMed:30630874). The gamma-secretase complex plays a role in Notch and Wnt signaling cascades and regulation of downstream processes via its role in processing key regulatory proteins, and by regulating cytosolic CTNNB1 levels (Probable). PSENEN modulates both endoproteolysis of presenilin and gamma-secretase activity (PubMed:12522139, PubMed:12679784, PubMed:12740439,…

Subunit structure

The functional gamma-secretase complex is composed of at least four polypeptides: a presenilin homodimer (PSEN1 or PSEN2), nicastrin (NCSTN), APH1 (APH1A or APH1B) and PSENEN

Subcellular location

Endoplasmic reticulum membrane, Golgi apparatus, Golgi stack membrane, Cell membrane, Membrane

Disease associations

Experimental structures in the PDB

Compare the prediction with experimentally determined structures of the same protein:

PDB IDMethodResolutionChains and residues
8KCSEM2.4 ÅD=1-101
6IYCEM2.6 ÅD=1-101
7D8XEM2.6 ÅD=2-101
8K8EEM2.6 ÅD=1-101
8KCTEM2.6 ÅD=1-101
6IDFEM2.7 ÅD=1-101
8KCUEM2.7 ÅD=1-101
8KCOEM2.8 ÅD=1-101
7Y5TEM2.9 ÅD=1-101
8X52EM2.9 ÅD=1-101
8X54EM2.9 ÅD=1-101
9K95EM2.9 ÅD=1-101
6LR4EM3.0 ÅD=2-101
7Y5XEM3.0 ÅD=1-101
8KCPEM3.0 ÅD=1-101
8X53EM3.0 ÅD=2-101
6LQGEM3.1 ÅD=2-101
7C9IEM3.1 ÅD=2-101
8OQYEM3.3 ÅD=1-101
5A63EM3.4 ÅD=1-101

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