Annotated protein:Neural cell adhesion molecule 1 (N-CAM-1) (NCAM-1) (CD antigen CD56). Gene symbol: NCAM1. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: P13596
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ NCAM1
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:integral component of presynaptic membrane (GO:0099056)
Synapse type(s):caudateputamen, glutamatergic
Annotated paper:DiFiglia M, et al. "Ultrastructural localization of molecular subtypes of immunoreactive neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) in the adult rodent striatum" J Neurosci. 1989 Dec;9(12):4158-68 PMID:2592994
Figure(s):fig 6
Annotation description:An NCAM-positive terminal emerges from a preterminal axon that is also NCAM immunoreactive and forms a synapse with a spine.

6/2/2018 PIm
- Based on the known transmembrane topology of the protein, the "integral component of ... membrane" term was chosen.
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Electron Microscopy
Annotator(s):Hwajin Jung (ORCID:0000-0001-6194-9648)
Eunjoon Kim (ORCID:0000-0001-5518-6584)
Lab:Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions, Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon 34141, South Korea
Additional literature:N-CAM antibodies stained all surface membranes
including pre- and postsynaptic membranes. @ PMID:2794140
SynGO annotation ID:2224
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology