Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-6 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GABRA6 gene.[5][6]

GABRA6
Identifiers
AliasesGABRA6, gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor alpha6 subunit, gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit alpha6
External IDsOMIM: 137143; MGI: 95618; HomoloGene: 20220; GeneCards: GABRA6; OMA:GABRA6 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000811

NM_001099641
NM_008068
NM_001359049

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000802

NP_001093111
NP_032094
NP_001345978

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 161.55 – 161.7 MbChr 11: 42.31 – 42.32 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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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]

One study found a genetic variant in the gene to be associated with the personality trait neuroticism.[7]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000145863Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000020428Ensembl, 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. ^ Hicks AA, Bailey ME, Riley BP, Kamphuis W, Siciliano MJ, Johnson KJ, Darlison MG (Aug 1994). "Further evidence for clustering of human GABAA receptor subunit genes: localization of the alpha 6-subunit gene (GABRA6) to distal chromosome 5q by linkage analysis". Genomics. 20 (2): 285–288. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1167. PMID 8020978.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: GABRA6 gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, alpha 6".
  7. ^ Srijan Sen; Sandra Villafuerte; Randolph Nesse; Scott F. Stoltenberg; Jeffrey Hopcian; Lillian Gleiberman; Alan Weder & Margit Burmeister (February 2004). "Serotonin transporter and GABAA alpha 6 receptor variants are associated with neuroticism". Biological Psychiatry. 55 (3): 244–249. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.08.006. PMID 14744464. S2CID 7244510.

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