Annotated protein:AP-2 complex subunit mu (AP-2 mu chain) (Adaptor protein complex AP-2 subunit mu) (Adaptor-related protein complex 2 subunit mu) (Clathrin assembly protein complex 2 mu medium chain) (Clathrin coat assembly protein AP50) (Clathrin coat-associated protein AP50) (Mu2-adaptin) (Plasma membrane adaptor AP-2 50 kDa protein). Gene symbol: AP2M1. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: P84092
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ AP2M1
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:postsynaptic neurotransmitter receptor endocytosis (GO:0098884)
Synapse type(s):cerebral cortex, glutamatergic
Annotated paper:Kastning K, et al. "Molecular determinants for the interaction between AMPA receptors and the clathrin adaptor complex AP-2" Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Feb 20;104(8):2991-6 PMID:17289840
Figure(s):Fig.1, 3, 4, 5
Annotation description:Fig.1: "AMPA receptor CTs associate directly with AP2μ"
Fig.3: "Direct high-affinity binding of μ2-adaptin to the GluR2 CT"
Fig.4: "The GluR2-derived AP-2μ binding peptide targets a synaptotagmin 1 ΔC2B chimeric reporter protein for internalization"
Fig.5: "The Syt-1 AP-2 binding peptide increases mEPSC amplitude and frequency"
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Cultured neurons
Non-neuronal tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Over-expression
Antagonist / agonist
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Wide-field fluorescence
Whole-cell patch clamp
IP + WB/MSMS
Annotator(s):Pim van Nierop (ORCID:0000-0003-0593-3443)
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:2859
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology