GABRE

The product of this gene belongs to the ligand-gated ionic channel (TC 1.A.9) family. It encodes the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor which is a multisubunit chloride channel that mediates the fastest inhibitory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. This gene encodes an epsilon subunit. It is mapped to chromosome Xq28 in a cluster comprised of genes encoding alpha 3, beta 4 and theta subunits of the same receptor. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been identified, but only one is thought to encode a protein. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2008]

Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Type A Receptor Epsilon Subunit

GABA, the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate brain, mediates neuronal inhibition by binding to the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor and opening an integral chloride channel.

Chemical synaptic transmission Source: GO_Central
Chloride transmembrane transport Source: GO_Central
Gamma-aminobutyric acid signaling pathway Source: GO_Central
Ion transmembrane transport Source: GO_Central
Negative regulation of chloride transport Source: GO_Central
Nervous system process Source: GO_Central
Regulation of membrane potential Source: GO_Central
Regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential Source: GO_Central
Signal transduction Source: GO_Central
Synaptic transmission, GABAergic Source: GO_Central

Postsynaptic cell membrane; Cell membrane