DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature associating GLRA2 and expressive language disorder

GLRA2 [ENSP00000218075]

Glycine receptor subunit alpha-2; Glycine receptors are ligand-gated chloride channels. Channel opening is triggered by extracellular glycine. Channel opening is also triggered by taurine and beta-alanine. Plays a role in the down-regulation of neuronal excitability. Contributes to the generation of inhibitory postsynaptic currents. Plays a role in cellular responses to ethanol.

Synonyms:  GLRA2,  GLRA2p,  hGLRA2,  C9JBL4,  GLRA2-001 ...

Linkouts:  STRING  Pharos  UniProt  OMIM