Annotated protein:Neurofilament light polypeptide (NF-L) (68 kDa neurofilament protein) (Neurofilament triplet L protein). Gene symbol: NEFL. Taxonomy: Mus musculus (Mouse). Uniprot ID: P08551
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ NEFL
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:postsynaptic modulation of chemical synaptic transmission (GO:0099170)
Synapse type(s):Schaffer collateral synapse (CA3->CA1)
Annotated paper:Yuan A, et al. "Neurofilament subunits are integral components of synapses and modulate neurotransmission and behavior in vivo" Mol Psychiatry. 2015 Aug;20(8):986-94 PMID:25869803
Figure(s):Fig 3
Annotation description:Authors do not address the specific role of alpha-internexin but of neurofilaments, which are heteropolimers made up of NFL, NFM, NFH and alpha-internexin. They investigate the role of neurofilaments by creating a triple knockout mouse by knocking out alpha-internexin, NFH and NFL and address the role of these proteins in synaptic transmission. Tetanic stimulation of Schaffer-collateral pathway in slices induced LTP of fEPSPs in control but not knockout conditions, which suggest a role of these protein in synaptic transmission. Although this is not a direct confirmation of the function of alpha-internexin, the function of this protein is redundant with the function of neurofilaments.
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Genetic transformation (eg; knockout, knockin, mutations)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Field recordings
Annotator(s):Maria Andres-Alonso (ORCID:0000-0002-1585-539X)
Michael Kreutz (ORCID:0000-0003-0575-6950)
Lab:RG Neuroplasticity, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, 39118 Magdeburg, Germany and Leibniz Group 'Dendritic Organelles and Synaptic Function', Center for Molecular Neurobiology, ZMNH, University MC, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20251, Germany
SynGO annotation ID:3684
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology