Annotated protein:Glutamate receptor ionotropic, kainate 2 (GluK2) (Glutamate receptor 6) (GluR-6) (GluR6) (Glutamate receptor beta-2) (GluR beta-2). Gene symbol: GRIK2. Taxonomy: Mus musculus (Mouse). Uniprot ID: P39087
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ GRIK2
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:transmitter-gated ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential (GO:1904315)
Synapse type(s):Mossy fiber synapse (DG->CA3)
Annotated paper:Mulle C, et al. "Altered synaptic physiology and reduced susceptibility to kainate-induced seizures in GluR6-deficient mice" Nature. 1998 Apr 9;392(6676):601-5 PMID:9580260
Figure(s):Fig.4
Annotation description:Fig.4: "Figure 4: Mossy fibre kainate EPSC cannot be detected in GluR6-/- mice"
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Genetic transformation (eg; knockout, knockin, mutations)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Whole-cell patch clamp
Annotator(s):Pim van Nierop (ORCID:0000-0003-0593-3443)
Guus Smit (ORCID:0000-0002-2286-1587)
Matthijs Verhage (ORCID:0000-0002-2514-0216)
Lab:Department of Functional Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SynGO annotation ID:2499
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology