Metabotropic glutamate receptor 6; mGluR6 (GRM6, GPRC1F, MGLUR6)

Function

• receptor for glutamate
• activity is mediated by a Gi-protein

Structure

belongs to the G-protein coupled receptor 3 family

Compartment

cell membrane

Pathology

• defects in GRM6 are the cause of congenital stationary night blindness 1B

More general terms

• metabotropic glutamate receptor
• glycoprotein

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/257270
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/604096
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O15303.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2916