Annotated protein:Protein-tyrosine kinase 2-beta (EC 2.7.10.2) (Calcium-dependent tyrosine kinase) (CADTK) (Calcium-regulated non-receptor proline-rich tyrosine kinase) (Cell adhesion kinase beta) (CAK-beta) (CAKB) (Focal adhesion kinase 2) (FADK 2) (Proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2). Gene symbol: PTK2B. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: P70600
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ PTK2B
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:postsynaptic density, intracellular component (GO:0099092)
Synapse type(s):Schaffer collateral synapse (CA3->CA1)
Annotated paper:Bartos JA, et al. "Postsynaptic clustering and activation of Pyk2 by PSD-95" J Neurosci. 2010 Jan 13;30(2):449-63 PMID:20071509
Figure(s):Fig.2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Annotation description:Fig.2: "Stimulation of Pyk2 binding to PSD-95 and Pyk2 autophosphorylation in intact neurons"

Fig.3: "Ca2+/calmodulin stimulates PSD-95 binding to Pyk2"

Fig.4: "Stimulation-induced synaptic clustering of Pyk2 in hippocampal neurons"

Fig.5: "NMDA-induced Pyk2-GFP clustering occurs postsynaptically and independently of Pyk2 kinase activity"

Fig.6: "Overexpression of the PSD-95 SH3 domain inhibits NMDA-induced Pyk2 clustering and Pyk2 autophosphorylation"

[Fig.7: "Interfering with the PSD-95-Pyk2 interaction prevents induction of LTP"]
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Cultured neurons
Non-neuronal tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Over-expression
Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Confocal
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:3853
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology