asp-7 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable aspartic-type endopeptidase activity. Predicted to be involved in proteolysis. Predicted to be located in lysosome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia. Is an ortholog of human BACE1 (beta-secretase 1); BACE2 (beta-secretase 2); and PGC (progastricsin).