Annotated protein:Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF-2 kinase) (eEF-2K) (EC 2.7.11.20) (Calcium/calmodulin-dependent eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase). Gene symbol: EEF2K. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: P70531
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ EEF2K
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:postsynaptic density (GO:0014069)
Synapse type(s):forebrain, glutamatergic
Annotated paper:Asaki C, et al. "Localization of translational components at the ultramicroscopic level at postsynaptic sites of the rat brain" Brain Res. 2003 May 16;972(1-2):168-76 PMID:12711090
Figure(s):Fig.2d
Annotation description:Eef2k is enriched in the PSD fraction.
- " eEF2/CaMKIII was highly concentrated in the PSD fraction, while PDK was not detected in the PSD fraction but in the dendritic lipid raft and SPM fraction. "
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Western blot
Biochemical fractionation (generic)
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:3055
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology