UniProt Protein Function: | GluR KA2: Receptor for glutamate. L-glutamate acts as an excitatory neurotransmitter at many synapses in the central nervous system. The postsynaptic actions of Glu are mediated by a variety of receptors that are named according to their selective agonists. This receptor binds kainate > quisqualate > domoate > L- glutamate >> AMPA >> NMDA = 1S,3R-ACPD. Belongs to the glutamate-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.10.1) family. GRIK5 subfamily. 2 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing. |
UniProt Protein Details: | Protein type:Membrane protein, integral; Membrane protein, multi-pass; Channel, ligand-gated Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 19q13.2 Cellular Component: plasma membrane Molecular Function:kainate selective glutamate receptor activity; ligand-gated ion channel activity |
NCBI Summary: | 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. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2014] |
UniProt Code: | Q16478 |
NCBI GenInfo Identifier: | 209572626 |
NCBI Gene ID: | 2901 |
NCBI Accession: | Q16478.2 |
UniProt Secondary Accession: | Q16478,Q8WWG8, |
UniProt Related Accession: | Q16478 |
Molecular Weight: | 109,658 Da |
NCBI Full Name: | Glutamate receptor ionotropic, kainate 5 |
NCBI Synonym Full Names: | glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 5 |
NCBI Official Symbol: | GRIK5 |
NCBI Official Synonym Symbols: | KA2; EAA2; GRIK2; GluK5 |
NCBI Protein Information: | glutamate receptor ionotropic, kainate 5 |
UniProt Protein Name: | Glutamate receptor ionotropic, kainate 5 |
UniProt Synonym Protein Names: | Excitatory amino acid receptor 2; EAA2; Glutamate receptor KA-2; KA2 |
Protein Family: | Glutamate receptor ionotropic |
UniProt Gene Name: | GRIK5 |
UniProt Entry Name: | GRIK5_HUMAN |