Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables transmitter-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including GABAergic synaptic transmission; chloride transmembrane transport; and inhibitory synapse assembly. Predicted to act upstream of or within chloride transport and monoatomic ion transmembrane transport. Is active in GABA-ergic synapse and postsynaptic specialization membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; eye; genitourinary system; and immune system. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in bipolar disorder and multiple sclerosis. Orthologous to human GABRA3 (gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit alpha3).