GABRA2
| Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, alpha 2 | |||||||||||
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, alpha 2, also known as GABRA2, is a human gene.[1]
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.[1]
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References
Further reading
- Matthews AG, Hoffman EK, Zezza N; et al. (2007). "The role of the GABRA2 polymorphism in multiplex alcohol dependence families with minimal comorbidity: within-family association and linkage analyses". Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. 68 (5): 625–33. PMID 17690794.
- Drgon T, D'Addario C, Uhl GR (2007). "Linkage disequilibrium, haplotype and association studies of a chromosome 4 GABA receptor gene cluster: candidate gene variants for addictions". Am. J. Med. Genet. B Neuropsychiatr. Genet. 141 (8): 854–60. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.30349. PMID 16894595.
- Agrawal A, Edenberg HJ, Foroud T; et al. (2007). "Association of GABRA2 with drug dependence in the collaborative study of the genetics of alcoholism sample". Behav. Genet. 36 (5): 640–50. doi:10.1007/s10519-006-9069-4. PMID 16622805.
- Dick DM, Bierut L, Hinrichs A; et al. (2006). "The role of GABRA2 in risk for conduct disorder and alcohol and drug dependence across developmental stages". Behav. Genet. 36 (4): 577–90. doi:10.1007/s10519-005-9041-8. PMID 16557364.
- Tian H, Chen HJ, Cross TH, Edenberg HJ (2005). "Alternative splicing and promoter use in the human GABRA2 gene". Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. 137 (1–2): 174–83. doi:10.1016/j.molbrainres.2005.03.001. PMID 15950776.
- Chou KC (2004). "Modelling extracellular domains of GABA-A receptors: subtypes 1, 2, 3, and 5". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 316 (3): 636–42. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.02.098. PMID 15033447.
- Edenberg HJ, Dick DM, Xuei X; et al. (2004). "Variations in GABRA2, encoding the alpha 2 subunit of the GABA(A) receptor, are associated with alcohol dependence and with brain oscillations". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 74 (4): 705–14. doi:10.1086/383283. PMID 15024690.
- Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T; et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
- Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH; et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932.
- Bonnert TP, McKernan RM, Farrar S; et al. (1999). "theta, a novel gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96 (17): 9891–6. PMID 10449790.
- Russek SJ (1999). "Evolution of GABA(A) receptor diversity in the human genome". Gene. 227 (2): 213–22. PMID 10023064.
- Hadingham KL, Wingrove P, Le Bourdelles B; et al. (1993). "Cloning of cDNA sequences encoding human alpha 2 and alpha 3 gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptor subunits and characterization of the benzodiazepine pharmacology of recombinant alpha 1-, alpha 2-, alpha 3-, and alpha 5-containing human gamma-aminobutyric acidA receptors". Mol. Pharmacol. 43 (6): 970–5. PMID 8391122.
- Tögel M, Mossier B, Fuchs K, Sieghart W (1994). "gamma-Aminobutyric acidA receptors displaying association of gamma 3-subunits with beta 2/3 and different alpha-subunits exhibit unique pharmacological properties". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (17): 12993–8. PMID 8175718.
External links
- GABRA2+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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