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Facts about Glycine receptor subunit alpha-3.
Plays an important role in the down-regulation of neuronal excitability (By similarity). Contributes to the generation of inhibitory postsynaptic currents (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | GLRA3 |
| Uniprot: | O75311 |
| Entrez: | 8001 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| ligand-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.9) family |

Glycine receptor subunit alpha-3
Mass (kDA):
53.8 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 4q34.1 |
| Sequence: | 4; NC_000004.12 (174636920..174829568, complement) |
Widely distributed throughout the central nervous system.
Cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Perikaryon. Cell projection, dendrite. Cell junction, synapse. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Partially colocalizes with GPHN that is known to mediate receptor clustering at postsynaptic membranes.


PMID: 9677400 by Nikolic Z., et al. The human glycine receptor subunit alpha3. GLRA3 gene structure, chromosomal localization, and functional characterization of alternative transcripts.
PMID: 26416729 by Huang X., et al. Crystal structure of human glycine receptor-alpha3 bound to antagonist strychnine.