Annotated protein:Receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase S (R-PTP-S) (EC 3.1.3.48) (Leukocyte common antigen-related protein-tyrosine phosphatase 2) (LAR-PTP2) (Receptor-type tyrosine-protein phosphatase sigma) (R-PTP-sigma). Gene symbol: PTPRS. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: Q64605
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ PTPRS
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:synapse adhesion between pre- and post-synapse (GO:0099560)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus
Annotated paper:Kwon SK, et al. "Trans-synaptic adhesions between netrin-G ligand-3 (NGL-3) and receptor tyrosine phosphatases LAR, protein-tyrosine phosphatase delta (PTPdelta), and PTPsigma via specific domains regulate excitatory synapse formation" J Biol Chem. 2010 Apr 30;285(18):13966-78 PMID:20139422
Figure(s):fig 7, 8
Annotation description:PTPRS interacts with NGL-3 through their first two FNIII domains.
The FN1-2 domain of PTPRS induces postsynaptic PSD-95 clustering.

19/2/2018 Pim
- PTPRS is a know presynaptic protein (see ticket #2246). It is shown to mediate cell-cell adhesion with NGL-3 in a cell-adhesion assay (Fig.7A+E). PTPRS expressed in HEKcells is able to cluster postsynaptic NGL-3 (Fig.7C). PTPRS is able to induce postsynaptic differentiation (Fig.8).
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Cultured neurons
Non-neuronal tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Over-expression
Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Confocal
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:2464
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology