Metabotropic glutamate receptor 4; mGluR4 (GRM4, GPRC1D, MGLUR4)

Function

• receptor for glutamate
• activity is mediated by a Gi-protein
• interacts with PICK1 (putative)

Structure

belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 3 family

Compartment

cell membrane

Expression

• strongly expressed in the cerebellum
• expressed at low levels in hippocampus, hypothalamus & thalamus
• no expression detected in liver

More general terms

• metabotropic glutamate receptor
• glycoprotein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:2914
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/604100
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q14833.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2914