Annotated protein:Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-2 (EC 2.7.10.1) (Proto-oncogene Neu) (Proto-oncogene c-ErbB-2) (p185erbB2) (CD antigen CD340). Gene symbol: ERBB2. Taxonomy: Mus musculus (Mouse). Uniprot ID: P70424
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ ERBB2
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:neurotransmitter receptor localization to postsynaptic specialization membrane (GO:0099645)
Synapse type(s):Neuro-muscular junction
Annotated paper:Schmidt N, et al. "Neuregulin/ErbB regulate neuromuscular junction development by phosphorylation of alpha-dystrobrevin" J Cell Biol. 2011 Dec 26;195(7):1171-84 PMID:22184199
Figure(s):Fig.1, 2
Annotation description:Fig.1: "Deletion of NRG/ErbB signaling increases removal of recycled receptor from the postsynaptic membrane"

Fig.2: "Deletion of NRG/ErbB signaling increases AChR puncta containing recycled but not preexisting AChRs in the perisynaptic membrane."
- "Genetic and pharmacological abolishment of ErbBs accelerates the migration of recycled receptors to the perisynaptic membrane"

Fig.3: "Structural changes in erbb2/4-/- NMJs"
- "High resolution confocal microscopy revealed that mutant mice often have small areas within the synaptic AChR cluster that are devoid of receptors, giving the cluster a perforated appearance (Fig. 3 b)... Receptor holes were covered by presynaptic terminal branches (Fig. 3 f), suggesting that receptor holes are not due to localized withdrawal of the nerve due to a presynaptic defect resulting from the lack of ErbB-dependent back-signaling onto the motor neurons (Bao et al., 2003). Thus, the modified distribution of AChRs is a direct consequence of the loss of NRG/ErbB signaling to the subsynaptic membrane."

IGI: with Erbb4

"To examine whether ErbB-mediated signaling is, instead, involved in regulating the stability of postsynaptic AChRs at the NMJ, the sternomastoid muscle of wild-type and erbb2/4-/- mice (Escher et al., 2005) was labeled to saturation in vivo with fluorescent α-bungarotoxin (α-BTX)-Alexa 594, and the decline in fluorescence of labeled AChRs was monitored over time. In erbb2/4-/- NMJs the residual fluorescence normalized to that at the time of labeling was significantly lower than in wild-type synapses (Fig. 1 a; ~30% vs. 60% at 72 h). This indicates that the lack of ErbB-mediated signaling increases the rate of synaptic AChR removal."
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Genetic transformation (eg; knockout, knockin, mutations)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Confocal
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
Additional literature:Shows the effects of single Erbb2 KO animal by the same group. @ PMID:12702645
SynGO annotation ID:3810
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology