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.[2]
↑Wenthold RJ, Trumpy VA, Zhu WS, Petralia RS (January 1994). "Biochemical and assembly properties of GluR6 and KA2, two members of the kainate receptor family, determined with subunit-specific antibodies". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (2): 1332–9. PMID8288598.
↑Ripellino JA, Neve RL, Howe JR (January 1998). "Expression and heteromeric interactions of non-N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor subunits in the developing and adult cerebellum". Neuroscience. 82 (2): 485–97. doi:10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00296-0. PMID9466455.
Further reading
Kamboj RK, Schoepp DD, Nutt S, et al. (1992). "Molecular structure and pharmacological characterization of humEAA2, a novel human kainate receptor subunit". Mol. Pharmacol. 42 (1): 10–5. PMID1321949.
Porter RH, Eastwood SL, Harrison PJ (1997). "Distribution of kainate receptor subunit mRNAs in human hippocampus, neocortex and cerebellum, and bilateral reduction of hippocampal GluR6 and KA2 transcripts in schizophrenia". Brain Res. 751 (2): 217–31. doi:10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01404-7. PMID9099808.
Ripellino JA, Neve RL, Howe JR (1998). "Expression and heteromeric interactions of non-N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptor subunits in the developing and adult cerebellum". Neuroscience. 82 (2): 485–97. doi:10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00296-0. PMID9466455.
Kohda K, Kamiya Y, Matsuda S, et al. (2003). "Heteromer formation of delta2 glutamate receptors with AMPA or kainate receptors". Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. 110 (1): 27–37. doi:10.1016/S0169-328X(02)00561-2. PMID12573530.
Hayes DM, Braud S, Hurtado DE, et al. (2003). "Trafficking and surface expression of the glutamate receptor subunit, KA2". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 310 (1): 8–13. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.08.115. PMID14511640.
Kamm C, Leung J, Joseph S, et al. (2004). "Refined linkage to the RDP/DYT12 locus on 19q13.2 and evaluation of GRIK5 as a candidate gene". Mov. Disord. 19 (7): 845–7. doi:10.1002/mds.20095. PMID15254951.