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Facts about Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit beta-3.
Functions as receptor for diazepines and various anesthetics, such as pentobarbital; these are bound at a separate allosteric effector binding site. Functions as ligand- gated chloride channel.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | GABRB3 |
Uniprot: | P28472 |
Entrez: | 2562 |
Belongs to: |
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ligand-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.9) family |
ECA5; GABA A R beta 3; GABA(A) receptor beta-3 subunit; GABA(A) receptor subunit beta-3; GABAA receptor beta-3 subunit; GABA-alpha receptor beta-2 subunit; GABAAR beta 3; GABAARb3; GABRB3; gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, beta 3; gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit beta-3; MGC9051
Mass (kDA):
54.116 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 15q12 |
Sequence: | 15; NC_000015.10 (26543546..26773763, complement) |
Cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane.
PMID: 1664410 by Wagstaff J., et al. The GABAA receptor beta 3 subunit gene: characterization of a human cDNA from chromosome 15q11q13 and mapping to a region of conserved synteny on mouse chromosome 7.
PMID: 8382702 by Kirkness E.F., et al. A strong promoter element is located between alternative exons of a gene encoding the human gamma-aminobutyric acid-type A receptor beta 3 subunit (GABRB3).