Term Information

Accession

GO:0016917

Ontology

molecular function

Synonyms

exact: 4-aminobutanoate receptor activity

exact: 4-aminobutyrate receptor activity

exact: GABA binding

exact: gamma-aminobutyrate binding

exact: gamma-aminobutyric acid binding

exact: gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor activity

Definition

Combining with gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA, 4-aminobutyrate), an amino acid which acts as a neurotransmitter in some organisms, to initiate a change in cell activity. [source: GOC:jl, http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/]

Comment

See also the molecular function term 'neurotransmitter receptor activity ; GO:0030594'.

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