Protein-coding gene in humans
Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit epsilon is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GABRE gene .[3] [4] [5]
The product of this gene belongs to the ligand-gated ionic channel (TC 1.A.9) family. It encodes the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor which is a multisubunit chloride channel that mediates the fastest inhibitory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. This gene encodes an epsilon subunit. It is mapped to chromosome Xq28 in a cluster of genes encoding alpha 3, beta 4 and theta subunits of the same receptor. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.[5]
Brainstem expression of ε subunit-containing GABAA receptors is upregulated during pregnancy, particularly in the ventral respiratory group .[6]
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Jones BL, Henderson LP (2007). "Trafficking and potential assembly patterns of epsilon-containing GABAA receptors". J. Neurochem . 103 (3): 1258–1271. doi :10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04833.x . PMID 17714454 . S2CID 85020515 . Rosen A, Bali M, Horenstein J, Akabas MH (2007). "Channel opening by anesthetics and GABA induces similar changes in the GABAA receptor M2 segment" . Biophys. J . 92 (9): 3130–3139. Bibcode :2007BpJ....92.3130R . doi :10.1529/biophysj.106.094490 . PMC 1852347 PMID 17293408 . Wilkins ME, Hosie AM, Smart TG (2005). "Proton modulation of recombinant GABA(A) receptors: influence of GABA concentration and the beta subunit TM2-TM3 domain" . J. Physiol . 567 (Pt 2): 365–377. doi :10.1113/jphysiol.2005.088823 . PMC 1474194 PMID 15946973 . Porter BE, Zhang G, Celix J, et al. (2005). "Heterogeneous GABAA receptor subunit expression in pediatric epilepsy patients". Neurobiol. Dis . 18 (3): 484–491. doi :10.1016/j.nbd.2004.12.010 . PMID 15755675 . S2CID 10973066 . Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs" . Nat. Genet . 36 (1): 40–45. 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): 16899–16903. Bibcode :2002PNAS...9916899M . doi :10.1073/pnas.242603899 PMC 139241 PMID 12477932 . Davies PA, McCartney MR, Wang W, et al. (2002). "Alternative transcripts of the GABA(A) receptor epsilon subunit in human and rat". Neuropharmacology . 43 (4): 467–475. doi :10.1016/S0028-3908(02)00153-3 . PMID 12367593 . S2CID 54340902 . Sinkkonen ST, Hanna MC, Kirkness EF, Korpi ER (2000). "GABA(A) receptor epsilon and theta subunits display unusual structural variation between species and are enriched in the rat locus ceruleus" . J. Neurosci . 20 (10): 3588–3595. doi :10.1523/jneurosci.20-10-03588.2000 PMC 6772669 PMID 10804200 . Russek SJ (1999). "Evolution of GABA(A) receptor diversity in the human genome". Gene . 227 (2): 213–222. doi :10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00594-0 . PMID 10023064 . Wilke K, Gaul R, Klauck SM, Poustka A (1997). "A gene in human chromosome band Xq28 (GABRE) defines a putative new subunit class of the GABAA neurotransmitter receptor". Genomics . 45 (1): 1–10. doi :10.1006/geno.1997.4885 . PMID 9339354 . Whiting PJ, McAllister G, Vassilatis D, et al. (1997). "Neuronally restricted RNA splicing regulates the expression of a novel GABAA receptor subunit conferring atypical functional properties [corrected; erratum to be published]" . J. Neurosci . 17 (13): 5027–5037. doi :10.1523/jneurosci.17-13-05027.1997 PMC 6573323 PMID 9185540 .
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