Glycine receptor, alpha 1

GLRA1
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 1MOT, 1VRY, 2M6B, 2M6I, 4X5T
Identifiers
Aliases	GLRA1, HKPX1, STHE, Glycine receptor, alpha 1, glycine receptor alpha 1
External IDs	MGI: 95747 HomoloGene: 20083 GeneCards: GLRA1
Targeted by Drug
Hydron, anandamide, dronabinol, hu-210, bilobalide, nifedipine, pregnenolone sulfate, picrotoxin[1]
Gene ontology Molecular function • zinc ion binding • glycine binding • metal ion binding • transmitter-gated ion channel activity • extracellular-glycine-gated chloride channel activity • protein binding • extracellular-glycine-gated ion channel activity • taurine binding • chloride channel activity • extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity Cellular component • integral component of membrane • perikaryon • postsynaptic membrane • cell projection • intracellular membrane-bounded organelle • membrane • plasma membrane • synapse • integral component of plasma membrane • inhibitory synapse • intracellular • chloride channel complex • cell junction • dendrite • endoplasmic reticulum • external side of plasma membrane • neuronal cell body • neuron projection Biological process • inhibitory postsynaptic potential • muscle contraction • startle response • neuromuscular process controlling posture • cellular response to ethanol • protein heterooligomerization • regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange • regulation of membrane potential • ion transport • anion transport • cellular response to zinc ion • regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange by neurological system process • acrosome reaction • positive regulation of acrosome reaction • neuromuscular process • transport • cellular response to amino acid stimulus • synaptic transmission, glycinergic • action potential • chloride transport • righting reflex • neuropeptide signaling pathway • protein homooligomerization • negative regulation of transmission of nerve impulse • visual perception • adult walking behavior • chemical synaptic transmission • chloride transmembrane transport • ion transmembrane transport • response to alcohol Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	2741	14654
Ensembl	ENSG00000145888	ENSMUSG00000000263
UniProt	P23415	Q64018
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_000171 NM_001146040 NM_001292000	NM_001290821 NM_020492
RefSeq (protein)	NP_000162.2 NP_001139512.1	NP_001277750.1
Location (UCSC)	Chr 5: 151.82 – 151.92 Mb	Chr 11: 55.51 – 55.61 Mb
PubMed search	[2]	[3]
Wikidata

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Glycine receptor subunit alpha-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GLRA1 gene.^[4][5]

Function

The inhibitory glycine receptor mediates postsynaptic inhibition in the spinal cord and other regions of the central nervous system. It is a pentameric receptor composed of alpha and beta subunits. The GLRB gene encodes the beta subunit of the receptor.^[6]

Clinical signficance

Mutations in the gene have been associated with hyperekplexia, a neurologic syndrome associated with an exaggerated startle reaction.^[7][8]

See also

• Glycine receptor
• Stiff person syndrome
• Hyperekplexia

References

1. "Drugs that physically interact with Glycine receptor subunit alpha-1 view/edit references on wikidata".
2. "Human PubMed Reference:".
3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
4. Ryan SG, Sherman SL, Terry JC, Sparkes RS, Torres MC, Mackey RW (Sep 1992). "Startle disease, or hyperekplexia: response to clonazepam and assignment of the gene (STHE) to chromosome 5q by linkage analysis". Ann Neurol. 31 (6): 663–8. doi:10.1002/ana.410310615. PMID 1355335.
5. Shiang R, Ryan SG, Zhu YZ, Hahn AF, O'Connell P, Wasmuth JJ (Mar 1994). "Mutations in the alpha 1 subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor cause the dominant neurologic disorder, hyperekplexia". Nat Genet. 5 (4): 351–8. doi:10.1038/ng1293-351. PMID 8298642.
6. "Entrez Gene: GLRA1 glycine receptor, alpha 1 (startle disease/hyperekplexia, stiff man syndrome)".
7. Tijssen MA, Shiang R, van Deutekom J, Boerman RH, Wasmuth JJ, Sandkuijl LA, Frants RR, Padberg GW (June 1995). "Molecular genetic reevaluation of the Dutch hyperekplexia family". Arch. Neurol. 52 (6): 578–82. doi:10.1001/archneur.1995.00540300052012. PMID 7763205.
8. Zhou L, Chillag KL, Nigro MA (October 2002). "Hyperekplexia: a treatable neurogenetic disease". Brain Dev. 24 (7): 669–74. doi:10.1016/S0387-7604(02)00095-5. PMID 12427512.

Further reading

• Ruiz-Gómez A, Vaello ML, Valdivieso F, Mayor F (1991). "Phosphorylation of the 48-kDa subunit of the glycine receptor by protein kinase C". J. Biol. Chem. 266 (1): 559–66. PMID 1845981.
• Grenningloh G, Schmieden V, Schofield PR, Seeburg PH, Siddique T, Mohandas TK, Becker CM, Betz H (1990). "Alpha subunit variants of the human glycine receptor: primary structures, functional expression and chromosomal localization of the corresponding genes". EMBO J. 9 (3): 771–6. PMC 551735. PMID 2155780.
• Langosch D, Herbold A, Schmieden V, Borman J, Kirsch J (1994). "Importance of Arg-219 for correct biogenesis of alpha 1 homooligomeric glycine receptors". FEBS Lett. 336 (3): 540–4. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(93)80872-R. PMID 7506679.
• Shiang R, Ryan SG, Zhu YZ, Fielder TJ, Allen RJ, Fryer A, Yamashita S, O'Connell P, Wasmuth JJ (1995). "Mutational analysis of familial and sporadic hyperekplexia". Ann. Neurol. 38 (1): 85–91. doi:10.1002/ana.410380115. PMID 7611730.
• Baker E, Sutherland GR, Schofield PR (1995). "Localization of the glycine receptor alpha 1 subunit gene (GLRA1) to chromosome 5q32 by FISH". Genomics. 22 (2): 491–3. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1419. PMID 7806244.
• Rees MI, Andrew M, Jawad S, Owen MJ (1995). "Evidence for recessive as well as dominant forms of startle disease (hyperekplexia) caused by mutations in the alpha 1 subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor". Hum. Mol. Genet. 3 (12): 2175–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/3.12.2175. PMID 7881416.
• Ryan SG, Buckwalter MS, Lynch JW, Handford CA, Segura L, Shiang R, Wasmuth JJ, Camper SA, Schofield P, O'Connell P (1994). "A missense mutation in the gene encoding the alpha 1 subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor in the spasmodic mouse". Nat. Genet. 7 (2): 131–5. doi:10.1038/ng0694-131. PMID 7920629.
• Langosch D, Laube B, Rundström N, Schmieden V, Bormann J, Betz H (1994). "Decreased agonist affinity and chloride conductance of mutant glycine receptors associated with human hereditary hyperekplexia". EMBO J. 13 (18): 4223–8. PMC 395349. PMID 7925268.
• Schorderet DF, Pescia G, Bernasconi A, Regli F (1995). "An additional family with Startle disease and a G1192A mutation at the alpha 1 subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor gene". Hum. Mol. Genet. 3 (7): 1201. doi:10.1093/hmg/3.7.1201. PMID 7981700.
• Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
• Bormann J, Rundström N, Betz H, Langosch D (1994). "Residues within transmembrane segment M2 determine chloride conductance of glycine receptor homo- and hetero-oligomers". EMBO J. 13 (6): 1493. PMC 394970. PMID 8137830.
• Milani N, Dalprá L, del Prete A, Zanini R, Larizza L (1996). "A novel mutation (Gln266-->His) in the alpha 1 subunit of the inhibitory glycine-receptor gene (GLRA1) in hereditary hyperekplexia". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 58 (2): 420–2. PMC 1914546. PMID 8571969.
• Brune W, Weber RG, Saul B, von Knebel Doeberitz M, Grond-Ginsbach C, Kellerman K, Meinck HM, Becker CM (1996). "A GLRA1 null mutation in recessive hyperekplexia challenges the functional role of glycine receptors". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 58 (5): 989–97. PMC 1914607. PMID 8651283.
• Elmslie FV, Hutchings SM, Spencer V, Curtis A, Covanis T, Gardiner RM, Rees M (1996). "Analysis of GLRA1 in hereditary and sporadic hyperekplexia: a novel mutation in a family cosegregating for hyperekplexia and spastic paraparesis". J. Med. Genet. 33 (5): 435–6. doi:10.1136/jmg.33.5.435. PMC 1050620. PMID 8733061.
• Monani U, Burghes AH (1997). "Structure of the human alpha 2 subunit gene of the glycine receptor--use of vectorette and Alu-exon PCR". Genome Res. 6 (12): 1200–6. doi:10.1101/gr.6.12.1200. PMID 8973915.
• Seri M, Bolino A, Galietta LJ, Lerone M, Silengo M, Romeo G (1997). "Startle disease in an Italian family by mutation (K276E): The alpha-subunit of the inhibiting glycine receptor". Hum. Mutat. 9 (2): 185–7. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)9:2<185::AID-HUMU14>3.0.CO;2-Z. PMID 9067762.
• Vergouwe MN, Tijssen MA, Shiang R, van Dijk JG, al Shahwan S, Ophoff RA, Frants RR (1998). "Hyperekplexia-like syndromes without mutations in the GLRA1 gene". Clinical neurology and neurosurgery. 99 (3): 172–8. doi:10.1016/S0303-8467(97)00022-X. PMID 9350397.
• Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, Suyama A, Sugano S (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.

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