Annotated protein:Leucine-rich repeat-containing protein 4B (Netrin-G3 ligand) (NGL-3). Gene symbol: LRRC4B. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: P0CC10
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ LRRC4B
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:regulation of presynapse assembly (GO:1905606)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, glutamatergic
Annotated paper:Woo J, et al. "Trans-synaptic adhesion between NGL-3 and LAR regulates the formation of excitatory synapses" Nat Neurosci. 2009 Apr;12(4):428-37 PMID:19252495
Figure(s):Fig.1, 3, 5, 7
Annotation description:Fig.1: "NGL-3 expressed in non-neural cells induces functional presynaptic differentiation in contacting axons"
Fig.3: "Overexpression of NGL-3 in cultured neurons increases excitatory, but not inhibitory, presynaptic contacts on dendrites of transfected neurons"
Fig.5: "Knockdown of NGL-3 leads to decreases in the number and function of excitatory synapses"
Fig.7: "Soluble LAR reduces NGL-3-induced presynaptic differentiation"
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Cultured neurons
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:RNAi / shRNA
Over-expression
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Confocal
Whole-cell patch clamp
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
SynGO annotation ID:2327
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology