Annotated protein:Cell adhesion molecule 2 (Immunoglobulin superfamily member 4D) (IgSF4D) (Nectin-like protein 3) (NECL-3) (Synaptic cell adhesion molecule 2) (SynCAM 2). Gene symbol: CADM2. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: Q1WIM2
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ CADM2
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:synapse adhesion between pre- and post-synapse (GO:0099560)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, glutamatergic
hippocampus, GABAergic
forebrain
Annotated paper:Fogel AI, et al. "SynCAMs organize synapses through heterophilic adhesion" J Neurosci. 2007 Nov 14;27(46):12516-30 PMID:18003830
Figure(s):Figures 4-9
Annotation description:Figure 4a: SynCAM 2 (CADM2) in enriched in synaptic plasma membrane biochemical fractions prepared from rat forebrain at P9 (as compared to e.g. synaptosomes).

Figure 4b: confocal imaging of immunofluorescence labeling for SynCAM 2 (CADM2), GAD65 (GAD2) and PSD-95 (DLG4) in cultured hippocampal neurons from showed SynCAM 2 is localized to both inhibory and excitatory synapses.

Figure 5, 6: Homophilic cell adhesive interactions of SynCAM 2, and heterophilic interactions with SynCAM 1, are shown by cell-cell contact analysis in HEK293 cells.

Figure 7: Heterophilic SynCAM binding is mediated by the first two Ig-like domains and is controlled by N-glycosylation.

Figure 8: SynCAM 1 and 2 coimmunoprecipitate in synaptosomes prepared from rat forebrain at P15.

Figure 9: in mixed coculture assay of HEK 293 cells expressing SynCAM 1 or 2 seeded atop dissociated hippocampal cultures, SynCAM 1 and 2 recruit presynaptic marker proteins and engage each other in adhesive neuronal complexes.
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Cultured neurons
Non-neuronal tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Over-expression
Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Confocal
Western blot
Biochemical fractionation (generic)
IP + WB/MSMS
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:5300
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology