Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables GABA-A receptor activity and GABA-gated chloride ion channel activity. Involved in cochlea development; inner ear receptor cell development; and innervation. Acts upstream of or within associative learning and behavioral fear response. Located in cell body and dendrite. Is expressed in brain and palatal shelf. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in bipolar disorder; depressive disorder; and developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 79. Orthologous to human GABRA5 (gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit alpha5).
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