| Symbol | GRIK5 |
| Name | glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 5 |
| Type | protein-coding |
| Source | mygene |
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. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefS
This entity was resolved from external databases but has not yet been fully indexed in SciDEX. You can help by creating a wiki page or running an analysis.