======= GABRA4 ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: GABRA4 * **Official Name**: gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit alpha4 * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=2557|2557]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P48169|P48169]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=GABRA4&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20GABRA4|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/137141|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain where it acts at GABA-A receptors, which are ligand-gated chloride channels. Chloride conductance of these channels can be modulated by agents such as benzodiazepines that bind to the GABA-A receptor. At least 16 distinct subunits of GABA-A receptors have been identified. This gene encodes subunit alpha-4, which is involved in the etiology of autism and eventually increases autism risk through interaction with another subunit, gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor beta-1 (GABRB1). Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found in this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011]. * **UniProt Summary**: GABA, the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate brain, mediates neuronal inhibition by binding to the GABA/benzodiazepine receptor and opening an integral chloride channel. |Neur chan LBD| |Neur chan memb| |benzodiazepine receptor activity| |inhibitory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity| |GABA-gated chloride ion channel activity| |synaptic transmission, GABAergic| |GABA-A receptor activity| |GABA-A receptor complex| |gamma-aminobutyric acid signaling pathway| |integral component of postsynaptic specialization membrane| |dendrite membrane| |transmitter-gated ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential| |chloride channel complex| |extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity| |chloride channel activity| |GABA-ergic synapse| |postsynapse| |chloride transmembrane transport| |regulation of response to drug| |regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential| |chloride transport| |inorganic anion transmembrane transport| |inorganic anion transport| |synapse| |anion transmembrane transport| |neuron projection| |anterograde trans-synaptic signaling| |chemical synaptic transmission| |regulation of membrane potential| |trans-synaptic signaling| |synaptic signaling| |cell junction| |anion transport| |inorganic ion transmembrane transport| |ion transmembrane transport| |central nervous system development| |cell-cell signaling| |transmembrane transport| |G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway| |ion transport| |nervous system process| |integral component of plasma membrane| |system process| \\ === CRISPR Data === No hits were found. No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 16740 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: 0.34 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}