Annotated protein:Actin-binding protein WASF3 (Protein WAVE-3) (Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein family member 3) (WASP family protein member 3). Gene symbol: WASF3. Taxonomy: Mus musculus (Mouse). Uniprot ID: Q8VHI6
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ WASF3
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:modification of postsynaptic actin cytoskeleton (GO:0098885)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, glutamatergic
Annotated paper:Pilpel Y, et al. "Rapid WAVE dynamics in dendritic spines of cultured hippocampal neurons is mediated by actin polymerization" J Neurochem. 2005 Dec;95(5):1401-10 PMID:16190876
Figure(s):fig 3, 4, 5
Annotation description:WAVE3 over-expression decreases spine numbers in hippocampal neutrons (11-14DIV).

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- Fig.4 WAVE3 is shown to localize to the edge of Rac-activity induced lamellipodia.
- Fig.5 The F-actin content of WAVE3 transfected cells increases
This shows that WAVE3 is also involved in actin related modifications.
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Cultured neurons
Non-neuronal tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Over-expression
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Confocal
Annotator(s):Alexandros Kanellopoulos (ORCID:0000-0002-2094-7491)
Vittoria Mariano (ORCID:0000-0002-9848-0262)
Achsel Tilmann (ORCID:0000-0002-1190-4481)
Claudia Bagni (ORCID:0000-0002-4419-210X)
Lab:Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Lausanne, CH-1006 Lausanne, Switzerland; Dept Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
SynGO annotation ID:569
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology