The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane protein involved in gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glycine uptake into synaptic vesicles. The encoded protein is a member of amino acid/polyamine transporter family II.
Categories
Primary Antibodies
Clonality
polyclonal
Description
SLC32A1, also known as VGAT (vesicular GABA transporter), functions in the uptake of GABA and glycine into synaptic vesicles. GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the CNS. VGAT transports GABA and glycine into acidic vesicles and localizes to the synaptic vesicle in glycinergic and GABAergic neurons. And VGAT antibodies are useful markers for presynaptic GABAergic and glycinergic neurons.
Host
Rabbit
Immunogen
solute carrier family 32 (GABA vesicular transporter), member 1