GLRA4

Glycine receptor, alpha 4
Identifiers
Symbol	GLRA4
External IDs	MGI: 95750 HomoloGene: 69070 IUPHAR: 426 GeneCards: GLRA4 Gene
Gene ontology Molecular function • glycine binding • extracellular-glycine-gated chloride channel activity • transmitter-gated ion channel activity Cellular component • integral component of plasma membrane • cell junction • chloride channel complex • neuron projection • synapse • postsynaptic membrane Biological process • neuropeptide signaling pathway • regulation of membrane potential • response to amino acid • neurological system process • synaptic transmission, glycinergic • chloride transmembrane transport Sources: Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	441509	14657
Ensembl	ENSG00000188828	ENSMUSG00000018595
UniProt	Q5JXX5	Q61603
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001024452	NM_010297
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001019623	NP_034427
Location (UCSC)	Chr X: 103.71 – 103.73 Mb	Chr X: 136.76 – 136.78 Mb
PubMed search

The glycine receptor, alpha 4, also known as GLRA4, is a human pseudogene. The protein encoded by this gene is a subunit of the glycine receptor.^[1]

References

1. Matzenbach B, Maulet Y, Sefton L, Courtier B, Avner P, Guénet JL, Betz H (28 January 1994). "Structural analysis of mouse glycine receptor alpha subunit genes. Identification and chromosomal localization of a novel variant". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (4): 2607–12. PMID 7507926.

External links

• GLRA4 protein, human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)