Annotated protein:Synaptopodin. Gene symbol: SYNPO. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: Q9Z327
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ SYNPO
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:spine apparatus (GO:0097444)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, glutamatergic
Annotated paper:Deller T, et al. "Actin-associated protein synaptopodin in the rat hippocampal formation: localization in the spine neck and close association with the spine apparatus of principal neurons" J Comp Neurol. 2000 Mar 6;418(2):164-81 PMID:10701442
Figure(s):Fig. 6c-e, Fig. 5-9
Annotation description:Figure 6 c-e:
Immunogold localization of synaptopdin to the spine apparatus of synapses in the in stratum radiatum of the hippocampal CA3 region
Figs. 5-9. Localization of the immunoperoxidase reaction product at spine apparatuses of various hippocampal synapses.
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:Mundel P, Heid HW, Mundel TM, Krüger M, Reiser J, Kriz W. Synaptopodin: an
actin-associated protein in telencephalic dendrites and renal podocytes. J Cell
Biol. 1997 Oct 6;139(1):193-204.
Cloning of original cDNA
Figure 6: EM localization (DAB) to dendritic spines in telencephalon
Highly concentrated at the PSD, but extension of IR into dendritic shaft. @ PMID:9314539

Deller T, Korte M, Chabanis S, Drakew A, Schwegler H, Stefani GG, Zuniga A,
Schwarz K, Bonhoeffer T, Zeller R, Frotscher M, Mundel P. Synaptopodin-deficient mice lack a spine apparatus and show deficits in synaptic plasticity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Sep 2;100(18):10494-9
Fig. 3 a,b Immunogold localization @ PMID:12928494
SynGO annotation ID:264
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology