Annotated protein:Microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP-2). Gene symbol: MAP2. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: P15146
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ MAP2
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:postsynapse (GO:0098794)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, glutamatergic
Annotated paper:Morales M, et al. "Distribution of MAP2 in dendritic spines and its colocalization with actin. An immunogold electron-microscope study" Cell Tissue Res. 1989 Jun;256(3):447-56 PMID:2743390
Figure(s):Fig. 28
Annotation description:Fig. 28 shows the colocalization of MAP2 and actin on group of filaments (big arrow) associated with the PSD (small arrow). Both antigens also colocalized in PSD (arrowhead).

Fig. 1 shows the specificity of the MAP2-antibody.
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Electron Microscopy
Annotator(s):Daniela Dieterich (ORCID:0000-0002-9880-1214)
Rainer Pielot (ORCID:0000-0002-9681-3318)
Karl-Heinz Smalla (ORCID:0000-0002-0269-0311)
Eckart Gundelfinger (ORCID:0000-0001-9377-7414)
Lab:Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Otto von Guericke University, Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), Magdeburg, Germany
Additional literature:Fig. 3B shows immunogold-labeling in hippocampal dendrites and an excitatory synapse in the mouse brain by anti-MAP2. @ PMID:19020041
SynGO annotation ID:4514
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology