GABRB1

GABRB1
Identifiers
Aliases GABRB1
External IDs MGI: 95619 HomoloGene: 20221 GeneCards: GABRB1
Genetically Related Diseases
obesity[1]
Targeted by Drug
picrotoxin[2]
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

2560

14400

Ensembl

ENSG00000163288

ENSMUSG00000029212

UniProt

P18505

P50571

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_000812

NM_008069

RefSeq (protein)

NP_000803.2

NP_032095.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 4: 46.99 – 47.43 Mb Chr 5: 71.66 – 72.15 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
Wikidata
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Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit beta-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GABRB1 gene.[5]

Function

The gamma-aminobutyric acid A receptor (GABAA receptor) is a multisubunit chloride channel that mediates the fastest inhibitory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. This gene encodes GABA A receptor, beta 1 subunit. It is mapped to chromosome 4p12 in a cluster of genes encoding alpha 4, alpha 2 and gamma 1 subunits of the GABAA receptor. Alteration of this gene is implicated in the pathogenetics of schizophrenia.[5]

Clinical significance

Mice bearing mutant copies of this gene have been shown to be vulnerable to binge drinking of alcohol.[6]

See also

References

  1. "Diseases that are genetically associated with GABRB1 view/edit references on wikidata".
  2. "Drugs that physically interact with Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit beta-1 view/edit references on wikidata".
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: GABRB1 gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor, beta 1".
  6. Anstee QM, Knapp S, Maguire EP, Hosie AM, Thomas P, Mortensen M, Bhome R, Martinez A, Walker SE, Dixon CI, Ruparelia K, Montagnese S, Kuo YT, Herlihy A, Bell JD, Robinson I, Guerrini I, McQuillin A, Fisher EM, Ungless MA, Gurling HM, Morgan MY, Brown SD, Stephens DN, Belelli D, Lambert JJ, Smart TG, Thomas HC (November 2013). "Mutations in the Gabrb1 gene promote alcohol consumption through increased tonic inhibition". Nat Commun. 4: 2816. doi:10.1038/ncomms3816. PMID 24281383.

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