GABRA4

Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GABRA4 gene.[5][6]

GABRA4
Identifiers
AliasesGABRA4, gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor alpha4 subunit, gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit alpha4
External IDsOMIM: 137141 MGI: 95616 HomoloGene: 631 GeneCards: GABRA4
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 4 (human)[1]
Band4p12Start46,918,900 bp[1]
End46,993,581 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

2557

14397

Ensembl

ENSG00000109158

ENSMUSG00000029211

UniProt

P48169

Q9D6F4

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000809
NM_001204266
NM_001204267

NM_010251

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000800
NP_001191195
NP_001191196

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 46.92 – 46.99 MbChr 5: 71.57 – 71.66 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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GABA is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain where it acts at GABA-A receptors, which are ligand-gated chloride channels. Chloride conductance of these channels can be modulated by agents such as benzodiazepines that bind to the GABA-A receptor. At least 16 distinct subunits of GABA-A receptors have been identified.[6]

See also

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000109158 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000029211 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. McLean PJ, Farb DH, Russek SJ (Aug 1995). "Mapping of the alpha 4 subunit gene (GABRA4) to human chromosome 4 defines an alpha 2-alpha 4-beta 1-gamma 1 gene cluster: further evidence that modern GABAA receptor gene clusters are derived from an ancestral cluster". Genomics. 26 (3): 580–586. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(95)80178-O. PMID 7607683.
  6. "Entrez Gene: GABRA4 gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, alpha 4".

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