Annotated protein:Sodium- and chloride-dependent GABA transporter 3 (GAT-3) (Solute carrier family 6 member 11). Gene symbol: SLC6A11. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: P31647
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ SLC6A11
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:integral component of presynaptic membrane (GO:0099056)
Synapse type(s):cerebral cortex, GABAergic
Annotated paper:Melone M, et al. "Plasma membrane transporters GAT-1 and GAT-3 contribute to heterogeneity of GABAergic synapses in neocortex" Front Neuroanat. 2014 Jul 25;8:72 PMID:25120439
Figure(s):Fig.1 D-F, K-M
Annotation description:Immunogold localization of GAT3 in presynaptic terminals and primarly in perisynaptic astrocytic processes (PAPs).
Heterogeneous distribution of GATs at cortical symmetric
synapses (layer II/III of the first somatic sensory cortex) (fig. 1).
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Electron Microscopy
Annotator(s):Daniela Dieterich (ORCID:0000-0002-9880-1214)
Rainer Pielot (ORCID:0000-0002-9681-3318)
Karl-Heinz Smalla (ORCID:0000-0002-0269-0311)
Eckart Gundelfinger (ORCID:0000-0001-9377-7414)
Lab:Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Otto von Guericke University, Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), Magdeburg, Germany
Additional literature:The localization of GAT-1 and GAT-3 was revealed on EM sections using DAB method. @ PMID:8731228
SynGO annotation ID:1911
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology