Gephyrin, a major player in GABAergic postsynaptic membrane assembly?
Heinrich Betz
Heinrich Betz is at the Max-Plank-Institute for Brain
Research, Deparment of Neurochemistry, Deutschordenstrasse 46,
60528 Frankfurt, Germany
neurochemie@mpih-frankfurt.mpg.de
A new study shows that the glycine receptor clustering protein gephyrin
is involved in postsynaptic localization of GABAA receptors, which
also requires the receptor's 2 subunit.