Full name: glutamate receptor, ionotropic, kainate 3

Gene type: protein coding

RefSeq status: REVIEWED

Also known as: 9630027E11; GluK3; GluR7-3; Glur-7; Glur7

Summary: Glutamate receptors are the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter receptors in the mammalian brain and are activated in a variety of normal neurophysiologic processes. This gene product belongs to the kainate family of glutamate receptors, which are composed of four subunits and function as ligand-activated ion channels. Transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene, however, their full-length nature is not known. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Expression: Biased expression in frontal lobe adult (RPKM 10.1), whole brain E14.5 (RPKM 9.8) and 8 other tissues

Gene size: 223942bp

Exon count: 17