Metabotropic glutamate receptor 8

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Glutamate receptor, metabotropic 8
Identifiers
Symbol(s) GRM8; FLJ41058; GLUR8; GPRC1H; MGC126724; MGLUR8; mGlu8
External IDs OMIM: 601116 MGI1351345 HomoloGene654
Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 2918 14823
Ensembl n/a ENSMUSG00000024211
Uniprot n/a Q05BD6
Refseq NM_000845 (mRNA)
NP_000836 (protein)
NM_008174 (mRNA)
NP_032200 (protein)
Location n/a Chr 6: 27.23 - 28.08 Mb
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Glutamate receptor, metabotropic 8, also known as GRM8, is a human gene.[1]

L-glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system and activates both ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors. Glutamatergic neurotransmission is involved in most aspects of normal brain function and can be perturbed in many neuropathologic conditions. The metabotropic glutamate receptors are a family of G protein-coupled receptors, that have been divided into 3 groups on the basis of sequence homology, putative signal transduction mechanisms, and pharmacologic properties. Group I includes GRM1 and GRM5 and these receptors have been shown to activate phospholipase C. Group II includes GRM2 and GRM3 while Group III includes GRM4, GRM6, GRM7 and GRM8. Group II and III receptors are linked to the inhibition of the cyclic AMP cascade but differ in their agonist selectivities. Alternative splice variants of GRM8 have been described but their full-length nature has not been determined.[1]

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  • Scherer SW, Duvoisin RM, Kuhn R, et al. (1997). "Localization of two metabotropic glutamate receptor genes, GRM3 and GRM8, to human chromosome 7q.". Genomics 31 (2): 230–3. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0036. PMID 8824806. 
  • Scherer SW, Soder S, Duvoisin RM, et al. (1997). "The human metabotropic glutamate receptor 8 (GRM8) gene: a disproportionately large gene located at 7q31.3-q32.1.". Genomics 44 (2): 232–6. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4842. PMID 9299241. 
  • Wu S, Wright RA, Rockey PK, et al. (1998). "Group III human metabotropic glutamate receptors 4, 7 and 8: molecular cloning, functional expression, and comparison of pharmacological properties in RGT cells.". Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. 53 (1-2): 88–97. PMID 9473604. 
  • Malherbe P, Kratzeisen C, Lundstrom K, et al. (1999). "Cloning and functional expression of alternative spliced variants of the human metabotropic glutamate receptor 8.". Brain Res. Mol. Brain Res. 67 (2): 201–10. PMID 10216218. 
  • Thomas NK, Wright RA, Howson PA, et al. (2001). "(S)-3,4-DCPG, a potent and selective mGlu8a receptor agonist, activates metabotropic glutamate receptors on primary afferent terminals in the neonatal rat spinal cord.". Neuropharmacology 40 (3): 311–8. PMID 11166323. 
  • Enz R (2002). "The actin-binding protein Filamin-A interacts with the metabotropic glutamate receptor type 7.". FEBS Lett. 514 (2-3): 184–8. PMID 11943148. 
  • Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932. 
  • Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMID 15489334. 
  • Tang Z, El Far O, Betz H, Scheschonka A (2006). "Pias1 interaction and sumoylation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 8.". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (46): 38153–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.M508168200. PMID 16144832. 
  • Kobayashi Y, Akiyoshi J, Kanehisa M, et al. (2007). "Lack of polymorphism in genes encoding mGluR 7, mGluR 8, GABA(A) receptor alfa-6 subunit and nociceptin/orphanin FQ receptor and panic disorder.". Psychiatr. Genet. 17 (1): 9. doi:10.1097/YPG.0b013e32801118bc. PMID 17167337. 

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