Glutamate Receptor Ionotropic Kainate 5
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Function
- postsynaptic receptor for excitatory neurotransmitter L- glutamate in the central nervous system
- receptor binds kainate > quisqualate > domoate > L- glutamate >> AMPA >> NMDA = 1S,3R-ACPD
- associates with GRIK1 (both edited & unedited versions), GRIK2, or GRIK3 to form functional channels
- homomeric associations do not produce any channel activity ( putative)
Structure
- belongs to the glutamate-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.10) family
Compartment
More General Terms
Internet Database
Kegg: [1]
OMIM: 600283
UniProt: [2]
Entrez gene: 2901
References
UniProt [3]
