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glycine receptor subunit alpha-2 (GLRA2)

Function: - alpha subunit of glycine receptor Structure: - belongs to the ligand-gated ionic channel (TC 1.A.9) family Compartment: cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic membrane Alternative splicing: named isoforms=2 Pathology: the alpha subunit binds strychnine

General

glycine receptor alpha (glycine receptor strychnine-binding subunit) glycoprotein

Properties

SIZE: entity length = 452 aa MW = 52 kD COMPARTMENT: cellular membrane MOTIF: signal sequence {1-27} exoplasmic domain {28-253} MOTIF: N-glycosylation site {N72} N-glycosylation site {N103} cysteine residue {C172} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C186} cysteine residue {C186} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C172} cysteine residue {C232} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C243} cysteine residue {C243} MODIFICATION: cysteine residue {C232} transmembrane domain {254-280} cytoplasmic loop {281-286} transmembrane domain {287-304} exoplasmic loop {305-318} transmembrane domain {319-342} cytoplasmic loop {343-423} transmembrane domain {424-441} exoplasmic domain {442-452}

Database Correlations

OMIM 305990 UniProt P23416 PFAM correlations Entrez Gene 2742 Kegg hsa:2742

References

  1. Grenningloh G, Pribilla I, Prior P, Multhaup G, Beyreuther K, Taleb O, Betz H. Cloning and expression of the 58 kd beta subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor. Neuron. 1990 Jun;4(6):963-70. PMID: 2163264 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] - Grenningloh G, Schmieden V, Schofield PR, Seeburg PH, Siddique T, Mohandas TK, Becker CM, Betz H. Alpha subunit variants of the human glycine receptor: primary structures, functional expression and chromosomal localization of the corresponding genes. EMBO J. 1990 Mar;9(3):771-6. PMID: 2155780
  2. UniProt :accession P23416