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TargetGABA receptors

GABAA

GABA-A and GABA-B receptors.

Measurements
51
Compounds
9
Binding constants
23
Median pX
8.21

I · Identity

What this target is

Its function as UniProt states it, where in a cell the protein is found, and which cell types and tissues transcribe its gene.

No single gene answers to GABAA. Names like this one are families or unsubtyped preparations — a measurement made against whatever receptors a tissue carried, before or without resolving which subtype bound the compound. A family has no one accession, and picking a member to stand for it would invent a precision the assay never had: asked for “Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor” UniProt returns CHRM1, and that answer is wrong.

Resolver said no gene lists this target name as a synonym — recorded by tools/fetch_expression.py, not written here.

III · Ranking

Compounds by strongest binding constant

One bar per compound: its strongest Ki or Kd at this target, expressed as pX. Compounds measured here only by a functional assay do not appear — they are in the table below.

  1. 01Muscimol8.89
  2. 02Norharman5.79
  3. 03Harmane4.91

IV · Evidence

Every measurement at this target

Each row links to the ChEMBL assay it came from.

Equilibrium binding constants 23

Ki and Kd — a concentration at equilibrium. Directly comparable across rows at the same target.

TargetClassTypeValue (nM)pXOrganismAssay
GABAAGABA receptorsKi1.308.89HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi2.888.54HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi4.008.40Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL680229
GABAAGABA receptorsKi4.308.37HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi4.578.34HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi5.008.30HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi5.378.27HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi5.758.24HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi6.008.22Homo sapiensCHEMBL3370250
GABAAGABA receptorsKi6.108.21HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi6.768.17HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi6.808.17HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi8.318.08HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi8.408.08HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi8.918.05HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi9.108.04HUMANPMID 9396785
GABAAGABA receptorsKi11.007.96Homo sapiensCHEMBL681334
GABAAGABA receptorsKi1,6205.79Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL652562
GABAAGABA receptorsKi12,4004.91Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL652562
GABAAGABA receptorsKi— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXRattus norvegicusCHEMBL652562
GABAAGABA receptorsKi— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXRattus norvegicusCHEMBL652455
GABAAGABA receptorsKi— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXRattus norvegicusCHEMBL652455
GABAAGABA receptorsKi— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXRattus norvegicusCHEMBL652562

Functional readouts 24

IC₅₀, EC₅₀, AC₅₀ and potency. Assay-dependent, and not interchangeable with a binding constant.

TargetClassTypeValue (nM)pXOrganismAssay
GABAAGABA receptorsIC503.008.52Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL681302
GABAAGABA receptorsIC503.208.49Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL681130
GABAAGABA receptorsIC505.008.30Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL681138
GABAAGABA receptorsIC506.008.22Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL681137
GABAAGABA receptorsIC506.008.22Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL681241
GABAAGABA receptorsIC5010.008.00Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL681240
GABAAGABA receptorsIC5016.007.80Homo sapiensCHEMBL881988
GABAAGABA receptorsIC501,6005.80Homo sapiensCHEMBL5235566
GABAAGABA receptorsIC501,6205.79Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL650289
GABAAGABA receptorsIC501,6205.79Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL650178
GABAAGABA receptorsIC501,6225.79Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL651677
GABAAGABA receptorsIC501,6225.79Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL858255
GABAAGABA receptorsIC501,6225.79Homo sapiensCHEMBL650075
GABAAGABA receptorsIC502,5005.60Homo sapiensCHEMBL5235566
GABAAGABA receptorsIC5012,3034.91Homo sapiensCHEMBL650075
GABAAGABA receptorsIC5012,3884.91Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL651677
GABAAGABA receptorsIC5012,3884.91Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL858255
GABAAGABA receptorsIC5012,4004.91Rattus norvegicusCHEMBL650289
GABAAGABA receptorsIC50— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXRattus norvegicusCHEMBL679565
GABAAGABA receptorsIC50— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXHomo sapiensCHEMBL5235566
GABAAGABA receptorsIC50— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXHomo sapiensCHEMBL5235566
GABAAGABA receptorsIC50— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXHomo sapiensCHEMBL681951
GABAAGABA receptorsIC50— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXHomo sapiensCHEMBL681949
GABAAGABA receptorsIC50— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXHomo sapiensCHEMBL5235566

Other measurements 4

Everything else ChEMBL recorded for this compound — percentage inhibition, efficacy, half-life, cytotoxicity. Reported in the assay's own units, which is why no value is converted here.

TargetClassTypeValue (nM)pXOrganismAssay
GABAAGABA receptorsInhibition— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXRattus norvegicusCHEMBL650182
GABAAGABA receptorsInhibition— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXRattus norvegicusCHEMBL681304
GABAAGABA receptorsDisplacement— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXRattus norvegicusCHEMBL682053
GABAAGABA receptorsRelative affinity— no normalized value— value does not convert to pXRattus norvegicusCHEMBL681817