Annotated protein:Dapper homolog 1 (Dapper antagonist of catenin 1) (Frodo homolog) (MDpr1) (Thymus-expressed novel gene 3 protein). Gene symbol: DACT1. Taxonomy: Mus musculus (Mouse). Uniprot ID: Q8R4A3
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ DACT1
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:regulation of postsynapse organization (GO:0099175)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, glutamatergic
Annotated paper:Okerlund ND, et al. "Dact1 is a postsynaptic protein required for dendrite, spine, and excitatory synapse development in the mouse forebrain" J Neurosci. 2010 Mar 24;30(12):4362-8 PMID:20335472
Figure(s):Fig.2, 3
Annotation description:Fig.2: "Dact1 mutant neurons have simpler dendritic arbors, fewer spines, and more filopodia; phenotypes rescued by recombinant Dact1"

Fig.3: "Dact1 mutant neurons have fewer excitatory synapses; inhibitory synapses are spared"
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Genetic transformation (eg; knockout, knockin, mutations)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Confocal
Whole-cell patch clamp
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:2988
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology