Annotated protein:Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-5 (GABA(A) receptor subunit alpha-5). Gene symbol: GABRA5. Taxonomy: Rattus norvegicus (Rat). Uniprot ID: P19969
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ GABRA5
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:integral component of postsynaptic specialization membrane (GO:0099060)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, GABAergic
Annotated paper:Serwanski DR, et al. "Synaptic and nonsynaptic localization of GABAA receptors containing the alpha5 subunit in the rat brain" J Comp Neurol. 2006 Nov 20;499(3):458-70 PMID:16998906
Figure(s):Fig.5
Annotation description:Fig,5: "Double-labeling experiments with the postsynaptic GABAergic markers β2/3 or γ2 GABAAR subunits or gephyrin (Fig. 5 F-Q), showed that the α5 immunoreactivity (arrows, Fig. 5 F-N), was associated with synaptic membranes at GABAergic synapses."
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Electron Microscopy
Annotator(s):Pim van Nierop (ORCID:0000-0003-0593-3443)
Guus Smit (ORCID:0000-0002-2286-1587)
Matthijs Verhage (ORCID:0000-0002-2514-0216)
Lab:Department of Functional Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SynGO annotation ID:2169
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology