GRIK2

Glutamate receptor, ionotropic, kainate 2
PDB rendering based on 1s50.
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: Template:Homologene2PDBe PDBe, Template:Homologene2uniprot RCSB List of PDB id codes 1s50​, 1s7y​, 1s9t​, 1sd3​, 1tt1​, 1yae​, 2i0b​, 2i0c​
Identifiers
Symbols	GRIK2 ; EAA4; GLR6; GLUR6; MGC74427
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 40717
Gene ontology Molecular function Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Cellular component Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Biological process Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
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Species	Human	Mouse
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Glutamate receptor, ionotropic, kainate 2, also known as GRIK2, is a human gene.

This gene encodes a subunit of a kainate glutamate receptor. Glutamate receptors mediate the majority of excitatory neurotransmission in the brain. This receptor may have a role in synaptic plasticity and may be important for learning and memory. It also may be involved in the transmission of light information from the retina to the hypothalamus. The structure and function of the encoded protein is changed by RNA editing. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been described for this gene.

See also

• Kainate receptor

Further reading

• Seeburg PH, Higuchi M, Sprengel R (1998). "RNA editing of brain glutamate receptor channels: mechanism and physiology". Brain Res. Brain Res. Rev. 26 (2–3): 217–29. PMID 9651532.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Paschen W, Hedreen JC, Ross CA (1994). "RNA editing of the glutamate receptor subunits GluR2 and GluR6 in human brain tissue". J. Neurochem. 63 (5): 1596–602. PMID 7523595.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Hoo KH, Nutt SL, Fletcher EJ; et al. (1995). "Functional expression and pharmacological characterization of the human EAA4 (GluR6) glutamate receptor: a kainate selective channel subunit". Recept. Channels. 2 (4): 327–37. PMID 7536611.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Sander T, Janz D, Ramel C; et al. (1995). "Refinement of map position of the human GluR6 kainate receptor gene (GRIK2) and lack of association and linkage with idiopathic generalized epilepsies". Neurology. 45 (9): 1713–20. PMID 7675232.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Nutt SL, Kamboj RK (1995). "RNA editing of human kainate receptor subunits". Neuroreport. 5 (18): 2625–9. PMID 7696618.
• Paschen W, Blackstone CD, Huganir RL, Ross CA (1994). "Human GluR6 kainate receptor (GRIK2): molecular cloning, expression, polymorphism, and chromosomal assignment". Genomics. 20 (3): 435–40. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1198. PMID 8034316.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Raymond LA, Blackstone CD, Huganir RL (1993). "Phosphorylation and modulation of recombinant GluR6 glutamate receptors by cAMP-dependent protein kinase". Nature. 361 (6413): 637–41. doi:10.1038/361637a0. PMID 8094892.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Roche KW, Raymond LA, Blackstone C, Huganir RL (1994). "Transmembrane topology of the glutamate receptor subunit GluR6". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (16): 11679–82. PMID 8163463.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Taverna FA, Wang LY, MacDonald JF, Hampson DR (1994). "A transmembrane model for an ionotropic glutamate receptor predicted on the basis of the location of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (19): 14159–64. PMID 8188697.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Wenthold RJ, Trumpy VA, Zhu WS, Petralia RS (1994). "Biochemical and assembly properties of GluR6 and KA2, two members of the kainate receptor family, determined with subunit-specific antibodies". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (2): 1332–9. PMID 8288598.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Pickering DS, Taverna FA, Salter MW, Hampson DR (1996). "Palmitoylation of the GluR6 kainate receptor". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (26): 12090–4. PMID 8618850.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bonaldo MF, Lennon G, Soares MB (1997). "Normalization and subtraction: two approaches to facilitate gene discovery". Genome Res. 6 (9): 791–806. PMID 8889548.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Porter RH, Eastwood SL, Harrison PJ (1997). "Distribution of kainate receptor subunit mRNAs in human hippocampus, neocortex and cerebellum, and bilateral reduction of hippocampal GluR6 and KA2 transcripts in schizophrenia". Brain Res. 751 (2): 217–31. PMID 9099808.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Rubinsztein DC, Leggo J, Chiano M; et al. (1997). "Genotypes at the GluR6 kainate receptor locus are associated with variation in the age of onset of Huntington disease". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 (8): 3872–6. PMID 9108071.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ripellino JA, Neve RL, Howe JR (1998). "Expression and heteromeric interactions of non-N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor subunits in the developing and adult cerebellum". Neuroscience. 82 (2): 485–97. PMID 9466455.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Garcia EP, Mehta S, Blair LA; et al. (1998). "SAP90 binds and clusters kainate receptors causing incomplete desensitization". Neuron. 21 (4): 727–39. PMID 9808460.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Leuschner WD, Hoch W (1999). "Subtype-specific assembly of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionic acid receptor subunits is mediated by their n-terminal domains". J. Biol. Chem. 274 (24): 16907–16. PMID 10358037.
• Smith HJ (2001). "The introduction of MR in the Nordic countries with special reference to Norway: central control versus local initiatives". Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI. 13 (4): 639–44. PMID 11276111.
• Mehta S, Wu H, Garner CC, Marshall J (2001). "Molecular mechanisms regulating the differential association of kainate receptor subunits with SAP90/PSD-95 and SAP97". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (19): 16092–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M100643200. PMID 11279111.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

• GRIK2+protein,+human at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.