Metabotropic glutamate receptor 8; mGluR8 (GRM8, GPRC1H, MGLUR8)

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

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=3; mGluR8a, mGluR8b, mGluR8c

More general terms

• metabotropic glutamate receptor
• glycoprotein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:2918
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/601116
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O00222.html