The gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A receptor is a multisubunit chloride channel that mediates the fastest inhibitory synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. This gene encodes GABA A receptor, beta 2 subunit. It is mapped to chromosome 5q34 in a cluster of genes encoding alpha 1 and gamma 2 subunits of the GABA A receptor. Alternative splicing of this gene generates 2 transcript variants, differing by a 114 bp insertion.[2]
Clinical significance
Missense mutations of GABRB2 have been identified in patients with infantile onset epilepsy and intellectual disability.[3][4]
↑Russek SJ, Farb DH (October 1994). "Mapping of the beta 2 subunit gene (GABRB2) to microdissected human chromosome 5q34-q35 defines a gene cluster for the most abundant GABAA receptor isoform". Genomics. 23 (3): 528–33. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1539. PMID7851879.
↑Ishii A, Kang JQ, Schornak CC, Hernandez CC, Shen W, Watkins JC, Macdonald RL, Hirose S (October 2016). "A de novo missense mutation of GABRB2 causes early myoclonic encephalopathy". Journal of Medical Genetics. 54: jmedgenet–2016–104083. doi:10.1136/jmedgenet-2016-104083. PMID27789573.
↑Beck M, Brickley K, Wilkinson HL, Sharma S, Smith M, Chazot PL, Pollard S, Stephenson FA (August 2002). "Identification, molecular cloning, and characterization of a novel GABAA receptor-associated protein, GRIF-1". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (33): 30079–90. doi:10.1074/jbc.M200438200. PMID12034717.
Further reading
Moss SJ, Doherty CA, Huganir RL (July 1992). "Identification of the cAMP-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C phosphorylation sites within the major intracellular domains of the beta 1, gamma 2S, and gamma 2L subunits of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (20): 14470–6. PMID1321150.
Kellenberger S, Malherbe P, Sigel E (December 1992). "Function of the alpha 1 beta 2 gamma 2S gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor is modulated by protein kinase C via multiple phosphorylation sites". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 267 (36): 25660–3. PMID1334482.
McKinley DD, Lennon DJ, Carter DB (January 1995). "Cloning, sequence analysis and expression of two forms of mRNA coding for the human beta 2 subunit of the GABAA receptor". Brain Research. Molecular Brain Research. 28 (1): 175–9. doi:10.1016/0169-328X(94)00228-7. PMID7707873.
Tögel M, Mossier B, Fuchs K, Sieghart W (April 1994). "gamma-Aminobutyric acidA receptors displaying association of gamma 3-subunits with beta 2/3 and different alpha-subunits exhibit unique pharmacological properties". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269 (17): 12993–8. PMID8175718.
Hadingham KL, Wingrove PB, Wafford KA, Bain C, Kemp JA, Palmer KJ, Wilson AW, Wilcox AS, Sikela JM, Ragan CI (December 1993). "Role of the beta subunit in determining the pharmacology of human gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptors". Molecular Pharmacology. 44 (6): 1211–8. PMID8264558.
Akbarian S, Huntsman MM, Kim JJ, Tafazzoli A, Potkin SG, Bunney WE, Jones EG (1996). "GABAA receptor subunit gene expression in human prefrontal cortex: comparison of schizophrenics and controls". Cerebral Cortex. 5 (6): 550–60. doi:10.1093/cercor/5.6.550. PMID8590827.
Longson D, Longson CM, Jones EG (April 1997). "Localization of CAM II kinase-alpha, GAD, GluR2 and GABA(A) receptor subunit mRNAs in the human entorhinal cortex". The European Journal of Neuroscience. 9 (4): 662–75. doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01415.x. PMID9153573.
Brooks-Kayal AR, Shumate MD, Jin H, Lin DD, Rikhter TY, Holloway KL, Coulter DA (October 1999). "Human neuronal gamma-aminobutyric acid(A) receptors: coordinated subunit mRNA expression and functional correlates in individual dentate granule cells". The Journal of Neuroscience. 19 (19): 8312–8. PMID10493732.
Buckley ST, Eckert AL, Dodd PR (September 2000). "Expression and distribution of GABAA receptor subtypes in human alcoholic cerebral cortex". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 914: 58–64. doi:10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05183.x. PMID11085308.
Salim K, Fenton T, Bacha J, Urien-Rodriguez H, Bonnert T, Skynner HA, Watts E, Kerby J, Heald A, Beer M, McAllister G, Guest PC (May 2002). "Oligomerization of G-protein-coupled receptors shown by selective co-immunoprecipitation". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (18): 15482–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.M201539200. PMID11854302.
Beck M, Brickley K, Wilkinson HL, Sharma S, Smith M, Chazot PL, Pollard S, Stephenson FA (August 2002). "Identification, molecular cloning, and characterization of a novel GABAA receptor-associated protein, GRIF-1". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 277 (33): 30079–90. doi:10.1074/jbc.M200438200. PMID12034717.
Iyer SP, Akimoto Y, Hart GW (February 2003). "Identification and cloning of a novel family of coiled-coil domain proteins that interact with O-GlcNAc transferase". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (7): 5399–409. doi:10.1074/jbc.M209384200. PMID12435728.
Wang J, Liu S, Haditsch U, Tu W, Cochrane K, Ahmadian G, Tran L, Paw J, Wang Y, Mansuy I, Salter MM, Lu YM (February 2003). "Interaction of calcineurin and type-A GABA receptor gamma 2 subunits produces long-term depression at CA1 inhibitory synapses". The Journal of Neuroscience. 23 (3): 826–36. PMID12574411.
Pirker S, Schwarzer C, Czech T, Baumgartner C, Pockberger H, Maier H, Hauer B, Sieghart W, Furtinger S, Sperk G (August 2003). "Increased expression of GABA(A) receptor beta-subunits in the hippocampus of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy". Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 62 (8): 820–34. doi:10.1093/jnen/62.8.820. PMID14503638.
Mercik K, Pytel M, Mozrzymas JW (December 2003). "Recombinant alpha 1 beta 2 gamma 2 GABA(A) receptors expressed in HEK293 and in QT6 cells show different kinetics". Neuroscience Letters. 352 (3): 195–8. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2003.08.060. PMID14625018.
Lo WS, Lau CF, Xuan Z, Chan CF, Feng GY, He L, Cao ZC, Liu H, Luan QM, Xue H (June 2004). "Association of SNPs and haplotypes in GABAA receptor beta2 gene with schizophrenia". Molecular Psychiatry. 9 (6): 603–8. doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4001461. PMID14699426.