Annotated protein:Unconventional myosin-Vb (Myosin heavy chain myr 6). Gene symbol: MYO5B. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: P70569
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ MYO5B
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:postsynaptic actin cytoskeleton (GO:0098871)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, glutamatergic
Schaffer collateral synapse (CA3->CA1)
Annotated paper:Wang Z, et al. "Myosin Vb mobilizes recycling endosomes and AMPA receptors for postsynaptic plasticity" Cell. 2008 Oct 31;135(3):535-48 PMID:18984164
Figure(s):Fig. 1
Annotation description:Myosin Vb was highly enriched in dendritic spines and localized near glutamatergic synapses labeled by PSD-95 (Figure 1B).

3/11/2017 Pim
- Myo5b is a known actin-based motor protein that has been shown to bind F-actin.
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Cultured neurons
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Confocal
Annotator(s):Harold MacGillavry (ORCID:0000-0002-6153-3586)
Casper Hoogenraad (ORCID:0000-0002-2666-0758)
Lab:Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
SynGO annotation ID:985
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology