Presynaptic Ube3a activity is associated with abnormalities of synapse elimination (IMAGE)

School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Presynaptic Ube3a activity is associated with abnormalities of synapse elimination

Caption

Ube3a is transported to the presynapses via Kinesin motor proteins. Presynaptic Ube3a promotes presynapse elimination by suppressing Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) signaling.

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Furusawa et al 2023

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