glutamate receptor, ionotropic kainate 4; glutamate receptor KA-1; KA1; excitatory amino acid receptor 1; EAA1 (GRIK4 GRIK)

Function

• postsynaptic receptor for excitatory neurotransmitter L-glutamate in the central nervous system
• forms a heteromeric channel with GRIK1 or GRIK3

Structure

• belongs to the glutamate-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.10) family

Compartment

• cell membrane
• cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic cell membrane

More general terms

• glutamate receptor gamma
• glycoprotein

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:2900
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/600282
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q16099.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=2900