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Facts about Glycine receptor subunit alpha-4.
Channel opening is also triggered by taurine and beta-alanine (PubMed:10762330). Plays a role in the down-regulation of neuronal excitability.
| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | Glra4 |
| Uniprot: | Q61603 |
| Entrez: | 14657 |

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

Glycine receptor subunit alpha-4
Mass (kDA):
52.514 kDA

| Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Location: | X F1|X 59.1 cM |
| Sequence: | X; |
Detected in the retina inner plexiform layer, especially at the border between layer three and four (at protein level) (PubMed:17154252).

PMID: 10762330 by Harvey R.J., et al. Glycine receptors containing the alpha4 subunit in the embryonic sympathetic nervous system, spinal cord and male genital ridge.
PMID: 7507926 by Matzenbach B., et al. Structural analysis of mouse glycine receptor alpha subunit genes. Identification and chromosomal localization of a novel variant.