Protein Name Vesicular GABA transporter
Organism Caenorhabditis elegans
Gene ID 176431
Gene Symbol

unc-47

UniProt P34579 (UNC47_CAEEL)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 5
Total Number of Articles : 11
Description

Vesicular GABA transporter

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable glycine transmembrane transporter activity. Predicted to be involved in gamma-aminobutyric acid transport; glycine transport; and neurotransmitter loading into synaptic vesicle. Located in synaptic vesicle. Is expressed in neurons. Used to study alcohol use disorder. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in developmental and epileptic encephalopathy and generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus. Orthologous to human SLC32A1 (solute carrier family 32 member 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

synonyms
  • Vesicular GABA transporter
  • CELE_T20G5.6
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Properties