SYNPO
Mammalian protein found in Homo sapiens
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Synaptopodin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SYNPO gene.[5][6][7]
External IDsOMIM: 608155; MGI: 1099446; HomoloGene: 5274; GeneCards: SYNPO; OMA:SYNPO - orthologs
Function
Synaptopodin is an actin-associated protein that may play a role in actin-based cell shape and motility. The name synaptopodin derives from the protein's associations with postsynaptic densities and dendritic spines and with renal podocytes (Mundel et al., 1997).[supplied by OMIM][7]