Annotated protein:Inhibitory synaptic factor 1 (InSyn1). Gene symbol: INSYN1. Taxonomy: Mus musculus (Mouse). Uniprot ID: Q8CD60
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ INSYN1
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:postsynaptic process involved in chemical synaptic transmission (GO:0099565)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, GABAergic
Annotated paper:Uezu A, et al. "Identification of an elaborate complex mediating postsynaptic inhibition" Science. 2016 Sep 9;353(6304):1123-9 PMID:27609886
Figure(s):Figure 3, 4
Annotation description:Figure 3c: InSyn1 coimmunoprecipitates with gephyrin (GPHN) when coexpressed in human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) cells.

Figure 4: depletion of InSyn1 leads to significant reduction in mIPSC frequency (i.e. abnormal synaptic inhibition).

We annotate against a more generic ontology term for now as the exact role of InSyn1 in the inhibitory postsynapse remains unclear. Authors suggest: "The mechanism of reduced mIPSC frequency for InSyn1 is likely through the disruption of the ability of InSyn1 to form complexes with both gephyrin and the dystrophin complex at the iPSD. Loss of dystrophin might also lead to a secondary trans-synaptic effect on presynaptic release probability through its ability to bind neurexins (22, 23)."
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Non-neuronal tissue
Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Genetic transformation (eg; knockout, knockin, mutations)
Over-expression
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:IP + WB/MSMS
Electrophysiology (generic)
Annotator(s):Frank Koopmans (ORCID:0000-0002-4973-5732)
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:4812
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology