GABA Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins

GABA Plasma Membrane Transporter Proteins; GABA Transporter 1; GABA Transporter 2; GABA Transporter 3; GABA Transporter 4; GABA Transporters; GAT-1 Transporter; GAT-2 Transporter; GAT-3 Transporter; GAT-4 Transporter; GAT1 Transporter; GAT2 Transporter
A family of plasma membrane neurotransmitter transporter proteins that regulates that extracellular levels of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID. They differ from GABA RECEPTORS, which signal cellular responses to GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID. They control GABA reuptake into PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM through high-affinity sodium-dependent transport.