Catalogue number: | PA1578 |
Price: | $200.00 |
Reactivities: | Human, Mouse, Rat |
Applications: | Immunohistochemistry, Western Blot |
Size: | 100ug/vial |
Gene: | GABRA1 |
Swiss prot: | P14867 |
Form: | Lyophilized |
Format: | Each vial contains 5mg BSA, 0.9mg NaCl, 0.2mg Na2HPO4, 0.05mg Thimerosal, 0.05mg NaN3. |
Storage temp: | At -20 degree C for one year. After reconstitution, at 4 degree C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20 degree C for a longer time.Avoid repeated freezing and thawing. |
Scientific background: | GABRA1, Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-1, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GABRA1 gene. The 1,055-bp GABRA1 clone contained an open reading frame and 260 nucleotides in the 5-prime noncoding region. The 351-amino acid sequence shows 97% homology with its bovine counterpart. GABA is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain where it acts at GABA-A receptors, which are ligand-gated chloride channels. Chloride conductance of these channels can be modulated by agents such as benzodiazepines that bind to the GABA-A receptor. At least 16 distinct subunits of GABA-A receptors have been identified. |
References: | 1.Cossette, P., Liu, L., Brisebois, K., Dong, H., Lortie, A., Vanasse, M., Saint-Hilaire, J.-M., Carmant, L., Verner, A., Lu, W.-Y., Wang, Y. T., Rouleau, G. A.Mutation of GABRA1 in an autosomal dominant form of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.Nature Genet. 31: 184-189, 2002. 2.Kralic, J. E., Criswell, H. E., Osterman, J. L., O'Buckley, T. K., Wilkie, M. E., Matthews, D. B., Hamre, K., Breese, G. R., Homanics, G. E., Morrow, A. L.Genetic essential tremor in gamma-aminobutyric acid-A receptor alpha-1 subunit knockout mice.J. Clin. Invest. 115: 774-779, 2005. 3.Rudolph, U., Crestani, F., Benke, D., Brunig, I., Benson, J. A., Fritschy, J.-M., Martin, J. R., Bluethmann, H., Mohler, H.Benzodiazepine actions mediated by specific gamma-aminobutyric acid-A receptor subtypes.Nature 401: 796-800, 1999. |
Additional info: | A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the C-terminal of human GABRA1, identical to the related rat and mouse sequences. |