Gene
GABRD
gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit delta
- HGNC 4084↗(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000187730↗(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 2563↗(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 1p36.33
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 1: 2,019,345–2,030,758 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 9 exons across 11.4 kb
- Protein
- 452 amino acids
- Also known as
- GABAARdelta
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000378585.7NM_000815.5
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
- Very high
- Confident
- Low
- Very low
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How GABRD is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Known disease-causing sites
- Stretches short reads find hard
Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.
Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).
Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.
Exons make up 1.9 kb of the gene's 11.4 kb; 1,359 of those bases code for the protein.
How a genome test reads GABRD
3
positions in GABRD where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic
None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.
A whole genome covers all 11.4 kb of GABRD, introns included, not only the 1.9 kb of exons.
Traits linked to GABRD
The Human Phenotype Ontology lists these as features of the rare conditions GABRD can cause. Each trait's page lists the other genes linked to it.
Abnormality of the nervous system
- Abnormal gait
- Abnormal speech pattern
- Absent speech development
- Agenesis of corpus callosum
- Decrease in size of the outer layer of the brain due to loss of brain cells
- Delayed speech and language development
- EEG abnormality
- EEG with polyspike wave complexes
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- Generalized-onset seizure
- Global developmental delay
- Intellectual disability
- Morning myoclonic jerks
- Poor speech
- Ventriculomegaly
- Autism
- Behavioral abnormality
- Brief seizures with staring spells
- Epilepsy
- Febrile seizure (within the age range of 3 months to 6 years)
- Repetitive movements
- Self-injurious behavior
- Ataxia
- Atypical absence status epilepticus
- Cancer of early nerve cells
- Cognitive impairment
- Cortical dysplasia
- Cranial nerve paralysis
- EEG with spike-wave complexes
- Generalized cerebral degeneration/underdevelopment
- Generalized myoclonic seizure
- Grand mal seizures
- Incoordination
- Increased appetite
- Loss of developmental milestones
- Paralysis or weakness of one side of body
- Photosensitive tonic-clonic seizure
- Poor fine motor coordination
- Sudden loss of muscle tone
- Aggressive behavior
- Anxiety
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Focal impaired awareness seizure
- Obsessive-compulsive trait
- Repeated seizures without recovery between them
- Seizure affecting one half of brain
- Slow movements
- Tremor
Abnormality of limbs
- Permanent flexion of the finger
- Short fingers or toes
- Short foot
- Curvature of little finger
- Duplication of bones of the toes
- Left and right leg differ in length or width
- Dropped arches
- Limited knee straightening
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Abnormality of the eye
- Deeply set eye
- Abnormality of eye movement
- Abnormality of vision
- Cross-eyed
- Severe farsightedness
- Absent pigmentation in the eye
- Clouding of the lens of the eye
- Involuntary, rapid, rhythmic eye movements
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Abnormality of the musculoskeletal system
- Low muscle tone
- 11 pairs of ribs
- Abnormal formation of the hip
- Cleft ribs
- Hunched back
- Joint stiffness
- Muscle tissue disease
- Narrow spinal canal
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Abnormality of the cardiovascular system
- Abnormal cardiovascular system morphology
- Abnormal cardiac septum morphology
- Abnormal heart valve morphology
- Abnormality of the spleen
- Aortic arch aneurysm
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- Spider veins
- Stretched and thinned heart muscle
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Abnormality of the digestive system
- Acid reflux
- Constipation
- Feeding difficulties in infancy
- Poor swallowing
- Abnormality of the anus
- Abnormality of the intestine
- Abnormality of the liver
- Annular pancreas
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External links
Gene records
Transcript
Protein
Where this comes from
- HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
- MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
- ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
Cite this page
Dante Labs. (n.d.). GABRD gene: gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit delta. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/gabrd
Dante Labs. GABRD gene: gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor subunit delta [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/gabrd
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