Annotated protein:Probable ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase FAF-X (EC 3.4.19.12) (Deubiquitinating enzyme FAF-X) (Fat facets homolog) (Fat facets protein-related, X-linked) (Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase FAM) (Ubiquitin thioesterase FAF-X) (Ubiquitin-specific protease 9, X chromosome) (Ubiquitin-specific-processing protease FAF-X). Gene symbol: USP9X. Taxonomy: Mus musculus (Mouse). Uniprot ID: P70398
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ USP9X
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:regulation of postsynapse assembly (GO:0150052)
Synapse type(s):cerebral cortex
Annotated paper:Yoon S, et al. "Usp9X Controls Ankyrin-Repeat Domain Protein Homeostasis during Dendritic Spine Development" Neuron. 2020 Feb 5;105(3):506-521.e7 PMID:31813652
Figure(s):Figure 3, 6
Annotation description:Figure 3: Usp9X regulates spine morphology by deubiquitination of Ankyrin-G (ANK3).

Figure 6: Absence of Usp9X causes persistent reduction in dendritic spine density and increase of Ankyrin-G (ANK3) ubiquitination and aggregation in mouse cortex.
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Genetic transformation (eg; knockout, knockin, mutations)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Confocal
Western blot
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
Additional literature:"Figure 2. TGF-β-Enhanced Interaction of Ankyrin-G and Usp9X Regulates Spine Morphogenesis" @ PMID:32460012
SynGO annotation ID:5343
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology