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1645300

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-7-2
pubmed:abstractText
The inhibitory glycine receptor (GlyR) is a ligand-gated chloride channel protein which displays developmental heterogeneity in the mammalian central nervous system. Here we describe 2 novel cDNA variants of the rat GlyR alpha 2 subunit and demonstrate that alternative splicing generates these 2 isoforms. The deduced protein sequences (alpha 2A and alpha 2B) exhibit 99% identity with the previously characterized human alpha 2 subunit. In situ hybridization revealed expression of both alpha 2A and alpha 2B mRNAs in the prenatal rat brain, suggesting that these variant proteins may have a role in synaptogenesis. Heterologous expression in Xenopus oocytes showed that the more abundantly expressed alpha 2A subunit forms strychnine-sensitive ion channels which resemble human alpha 2 subunit GlyRs in their electrophysiological properties.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
73-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Alternative splicing generates two isoforms of the alpha 2 subunit of the inhibitory glycine receptor.
pubmed:affiliation
Zentrum für Molekulaire Biologie Heidelberg, Universität Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't