Annotated protein:Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-2 (GABA(A) receptor subunit alpha-2). Gene symbol: GABRA2. Taxonomy: Mus musculus (Mouse). Uniprot ID: P26048
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ GABRA2
Ontology domain:Cellular Component
SynGO term:integral component of postsynaptic specialization membrane (GO:0099060)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, GABAergic
Annotated paper:Wei W, et al. "Perisynaptic localization of delta subunit-containing GABA(A) receptors and their activation by GABA spillover in the mouse dentate gyrus" J Neurosci. 2003 Nov 19;23(33):10650-61 PMID:14627650
Figure(s):Fig.2
Annotation description:Fig.2: "Immunogold labeling of the δ and α2 subunits of the GABAA receptor. ... In contrast, immunogold labeling for the α2 subunit was observed directly at symmetric synapses (E, F, solid arrowheads)."
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:2264
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology