Description
Product Characteristics:
Component of the heteropentameric receptor for GABA, the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate brain. Functions also as histamine receptor and mediates cellular responses to histamine. Functions as receptor for diazepines and various anesthetics, such as pentobarbital, these are bound at a separate allosteric effector binding site. Functions as ligand-gated chloride channel.
Subcellular location: Cell membrane
Synonyms: CAE2, ECA2, GEFSP3, Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit gamma-2, GABA(A) receptor subunit gamma-2, GABRG2
Target Information: This gene encodes a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor. GABA is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammlian brain, where it acts at GABA-A receptors, which are ligand-gated chloride channels. GABA-A receptors are pentameric, consisting of proteins from several subunit classes: alpha, beta, gamma, delta and rho. Mutations in this gene have been associated with epilepsy and febrile seizures. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]