Annotated protein:Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (EC 2.7.11.1) (Cell division protein kinase 5) (Cyclin-dependent-like kinase 5) (Serine/threonine-protein kinase PSSALRE) (Tau protein kinase II catalytic subunit) (TPKII catalytic subunit). Gene symbol: CDK5. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: Q03114
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ CDK5
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:regulation of presynaptic cytosolic calcium levels (GO:0099509)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus
Annotated paper:Kim SH, et al. "Balance of calcineurin Aalpha and CDK5 activities sets release probability at nerve terminals" J Neurosci. 2013 May 22;33(21):8937-50 PMID:23699505
Figure(s):3D-E, 6G
Annotation description:Combination of knock down and pharmacological inhibitions along with function measures of presynaptic calcium influx shows that CDK5 normally constrains the activity of voltage-gated Ca channels.

23/01/2017 Pim
- Fig.1 KD of CNa has negative effect on SV exocytosis
- Fig.2 KD/agonist of CDK5 has positive effect on SV exocytosis
- Fig.2 Effect of CDK5 and CNa is via VGCCs (shown via VGCC inhibition)
- Fig.3/4/5/6 CNa and CDK5 activities affect presynaptic Ca influx
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Cultured neurons
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:RNAi / shRNA
Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Optical physiology
Annotator(s):Ryan J. Farrell (ORCID:0000-0003-4022-8707)
Ghazaleh Ashrafi (ORCID:0000-0001-7480-0826)
Camila Pulido (ORCID:0000-0002-5648-066X)
Jaime de Juan-Sanz (ORCID:0000-0002-1212-5623)
Timothy Ryan (ORCID:0000-0003-2533-9548)
Lab:Department of Biochemistry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
Additional literature:PMID:11923424
SynGO annotation ID:80
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology