The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Glycine Receptor, alpha 1 across different species:

glycine receptor, alpha 1 (GLRA1), glycine receptor, alpha 1 subunit (Glra1), glycine receptor, alpha 1 (Glra1), glycine receptor, alpha 1 (glra1)

Other aliases include:

STHE, MGC138878, MGC138879, ot, spd, nmf11, spasmodic, oscillator, B230397M16Rik, GLYRA1, [a]Z1, GLRA1

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Glycine Receptor, alpha 1:

glycine receptor, alpha 1 – glycine receptor subunit alpha-1 – OTTMUSP00000005872 – OTTMUSP00000005873 – OTTMUSP00000005874 – glycine receptor 48 kDa subunit – glycine receptor strychnine-binding subunit – glycine receptor, alpha 1 subunit – GlyR [a]Z1 – glycine receptor, alphaZ1 subunit – glycine receptor alpha 1 subunit – glycine receptor, alpha 1 (startle disease/hyperekplexia) – glycine receptor, alpha 1 (startle disease/hyperekplexia, stiff man syndrome) – glycine receptor subunit alpha-1-like

Glycine Receptor, alpha 1 fulfills a number of functions:

chloride ion binding – extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity – extracellular-glycine-gated chloride channel activity – glycine binding – ion channel activity – neurotransmitter receptor activity – protein binding – taurine binding – chloride channel activity – extracellular-glycine-gated ion channel activity – receptor activity

Glycine Receptor, alpha 1 is relevant to the following processes:

acrosome reaction – adult walking behavior – anion transport – chloride transport – muscle contraction – negative regulation of transmission of nerve impulse – neuromuscular process controlling posture – neuropeptide signaling pathway – protein heterooligomerization – protein homooligomerization – regulation of action potential – regulation of inhibitory postsynaptic membrane potential – regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange by neurological system process – righting reflex – startle response – synaptic transmission – synaptic transmission, glycinergic – visual perception – ion transmembrane transport – ion transport – neuromuscular process – regulation of membrane potential – regulation of respiratory gaseous exchange – transport – central nervous system development – regulation of neuron differentiation – response to amino acid stimulus

Locations for Glycine Receptor, alpha 1:

cell junction – chloride channel complex – endoplasmic reticulum – external side of plasma membrane – integral to plasma membrane – intracellular – membrane fraction – plasma membrane – postsynaptic membrane – synapse – integral to membrane – membrane – intracellular membrane-bounded organelle

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology