Abstract
The genes encoding the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type-A receptor subunits β3 (GABRB3), α5 (GABRA5), and γ3 (GABRG3) map to chromosome 15q11–q13. The three genes are contained within roughly 800 kb of the distal part of the imprinted Prader–Willi and Angelman syndrome region. A 570-kb contig encompassing GABRB3 and GABRA5 has been constructed in P1, λ phage, and PAC clones. GABRB3 spans 250 kb of DNA and is organized into 9 exons that range from 68 to 504 bp, while GABRA5 is encoded by 11 exons (65 to 924 bp in length) within 86 kb. The exon/intron borders for both genes have been characterized, and primers have been designed to amplify each of the individual exons. Two reference STR markers have been positioned in the contig. The reference STR for GABRB3 is in fact located at least 60 kb beyond the 3′ terminus of GABRB3, while D15S97 is contained within intron 4 of GABRB3. The detailed physical map of this GABAAreceptor subunit gene cluster should not only be useful in genetic studies of the 15q11–q13 region, but will also be important for investigating the evolution and expression of the GABAAreceptor gene superfamily.
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