glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 4

GluK4

glutamate receptor, ionotropic, kainate 4

Glutamate receptor ionotropic, kainate 4

Excitatory amino acid receptor 1

Glutamate receptor KA-1

EAA1

Ligated ion channel L-glutamate- and glycine-binding site

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the glutamate-gated ionic channel family. Glutamate functions as the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system through activation of ligand-gated ion channels and G protein-coupled membrane receptors. The protein encoded by this gene forms functional heteromeric kainate-preferring ionic channels with the subunits encoded by related gene family members. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013].

Varaico: Literature-Extracted Genetic Variants

GRIK4

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