Gene Information
Gene NameGLRB
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length497
Protein NamesGlycine receptor subunit beta (Glycine receptor 58 kDa subunit)
Target Nameglycine receptors
Target TypeNA
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000109738 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBP48167
Gene CardGLRB
Uniprot IDP48167
PfamPF02931; PF02932
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.99968607)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ GLRB ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ GLRB ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ GLRB ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ GLRB ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Glrb ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ GLRB ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Glrb ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ GLRB ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsGABRA3, GABRP, GLRA2, GABRA6, GLRA1, GLRA4
ParalogsCHRNB1, GABRR2, CHRNA6, CHRNB4, CHRNA4, GABRQ, HTR3E, CHRNA1, CHRNA3, GABRA5, GLRA2, HTR3B, GLRA1, GABRG3, GABRA2, GABRB3, GABRP, HTR3C, HTR3D, GABRG1, CHRNA7, CHRFAM7A, GABRD, GABRR1, CHRNA5, GABRA6, GABRA4, GLRA3, GABRE, CHRNE, GABRG2, CHRND, CHRNA2, CHRNA10, CHRNA9, GABRA3, HTR3A, ZACN, CHRNB3, CHRNB2, CHRNG, GABRR3, GABRB2, GABRB1, GABRA1
Tissuecerebral.cortex
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001000(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 5BKF  (EM  3.60A  5BKG  (EM  3.80A  7KUY  (EM  3.60A  7L31  (EM  3.80A 
DBSNP rs398122856  rs121909749 
Subcellular location [CC]Postsynaptic cell membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P48168};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P23415}. Synapse {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P48168}. Cell projection, dendrite {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P48168}. Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11929858, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12684523, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15302677, ECO:0000269|PubMed:16144831, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22715885, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22973015, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23238346, ECO:0000269|PubMed:25445488, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8717357};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P23415}. Cytoplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12684523}. Note=Retained in the cytoplasm upon heterologous expression by itself. Coexpression with GPHN promotes expression at the cell membrane (PubMed:12684523). Coexpression with GLRA1, GLRA2 or GLRA3 promotes expression at the cell membrane. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P20781, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12684523}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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