Annotated protein: | Synaptic vesicular amine transporter (Monoamine transporter) (Solute carrier family 18 member 2) (Vesicular amine transporter 2) (VAT2). Gene symbol: SLC18A2. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: Q01827 |
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SynGO gene info: | SynGO data @ SLC18A2 |
Ontology domain: | Cellular Component |
SynGO term: | postsynapse (GO:0098794) |
Synapse type(s): | ventral tegmental area, dopaminergic |
Annotated paper: | Nirenberg MJ, et al. "Ultrastructural localization of the vesicular monoamine transporter-2 in midbrain dopaminergic neurons: potential sites for somatodendritic storage and release of dopamine" J Neurosci. 1996 Jul 1;16(13):4135-45 PMID:8753875 |
Figure(s): | 4 and 5 |
Annotation description: | Post-synaptic vesicles likely involved in dendritic release. |
Evidence tracking, Biological System: | Intact tissue |
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting: | Antibody (detection) |
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay: | Electron Microscopy |
Annotator(s): | Noa Lipstein (ORCID:0000-0002-0755-5899) Cordelia Imig (ORCID:0000-0001-7351-8706) Vincent O'connor (ORCID:0000-0003-3185-5709) Nils Brose (ORCID:0000-0003-0938-8534) |
Lab: | Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, 37075 Göttingen, Germany |
Additional literature: | Antibody characterization by western blot and pre-absorption on the immunizing antigen @ PMID:7666200 |
SynGO annotation ID: | 475 |
Dataset release (version): | 20231201 |
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