Annotated protein:Activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Activity-regulated gene 3.1 protein) (ARC/ARG3.1) (Arg3.1). Gene symbol: ARC. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: Q63053
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ ARC
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:modulation of chemical synaptic transmission (GO:0050804)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus
Annotated paper:Messaoudi E, et al. "Sustained Arc/Arg3.1 synthesis controls long-term potentiation consolidation through regulation of local actin polymerization in the dentate gyrus in vivo" J Neurosci. 2007 Sep 26;27(39):10445-55 PMID:17898216
Figure(s):figure 2, 3
Annotation description:Figure 2: Arc antisense infusion 2 h after high-frequency stimulation blocks LTP consolidation.

11/12/2017 Pim
- Contrary to the claim of the authors I have not annotated the claimed role of Arc in the regulation of actin dynamics. Reason is that I do not see that this is a direct or a indirect mechanism of action for the Arc protein.
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:RNAi / shRNA
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Whole-cell patch clamp
Annotator(s):Frank Koopmans (ORCID:0000-0002-4973-5732)
Guus Smit (ORCID:0000-0002-2286-1587)
Matthijs Verhage (ORCID:0000-0002-2514-0216)
Lab:Department of Functional Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SynGO annotation ID:2113
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology