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gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-1; GABA(A) receptor subunit alpha-1 (GABRA1)

Function: - GABA-A receptor alpha subunit - binds UBQLN1 (putative) Structure: - belongs to the ligand-gated ionic channel (TC 1.A.9) family Compartment: - cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic cell membrane Pathology: - defects in GABRA1 are a cause of a) juvenile myoclonic epilepsy b) childhood absence epilepsy type 4

General

gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, alpha glycoprotein transmembrane 4e protein

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 456 aa MW = 52 kD COMPARTMENT: plasma membrane MOTIF: exoplasmic domain {1-251} MOTIF: signal sequence {1-27} N-glycosylation site {N38} N-glycosylation site {N138} cysteine residue {C166} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C180} cysteine residue {C180} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C166} transmembrane domain {252-273} cytoplasmic loop {274-278} transmembrane domain {279-300} exoplasmic loop {301-312} transmembrane domain {313-334} cytoplasmic loop {335-421} MOTIF: Tyr phosphorylation site {Y368} Tyr phosphorylation site {Y375} transmembrane domain {422-443} exoplasmic domain {444-456}

Database Correlations

OMIM correlations MORBIDMAP 137160 UniProt P14867 PFAM correlations Entrez Gene 2554 Kegg hsa:2554

References

  1. UniProt :accession P14867
  2. protein Spotlight; Note: forbidden fruit - Issue 56 of March 2005 http://www.expasy.org/spotlight/back_issues/sptlt056.shtml