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Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-5

UniProt P31644 Organism Homo sapiens Gene GABRA5

Also known as: GABRA5

Function

Alpha subunit of the heteropentameric ligand-gated chloride channel gated by gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain. GABA-gated chloride channels, also named GABA(A) receptors (GABAAR), consist of five subunits arranged around a central pore and contain GABA active binding site(s) located at the alpha and beta subunit interface(s). When activated by GABA, GABAARs selectively allow the flow of chloride anions across the cell membrane down their electrochemical gradient. GABAARs containing alpha-5/GABRA5 subunits are mainly extrasynaptic and contribute to the tonic GABAergic inhibition in the hippocampus (By similarity). Extrasynaptic alpha-5-containing GABAARs in CA1 pyramidal neurons play a role in learning and memory processes (By similarity).

Classification

Family (Pfam)
PF02931 Neur_chan_LBD, PF02932 Neur_chan_memb
InterPro
GABAA/Glycine_rcpt, GABAAa_rcpt, GABBAa5_rcpt, Gabra-1-6_TM, Neur_chan_lig-bd, Neur_chan_lig-bd_sf, Neur_channel, Neuro-gated_channel_TM_sf, Neuro_actylchol_rec, Neurotrans-gated_channel_TM, Neurotransmitter_ion_chnl_CS
Functional cluster
Mixed Regulatory & Membrane Proteins

Experimental structures · PDB · 21

A predicted model is available from AlphaFold.

Gene Ontology · 23

Disease associations

Drugs targeting this protein · 67

Related proteins · sequence + function similarity

Co-cited proteins · studied together in the literature

Literature · 10 cited papers

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