Gene Information
Gene NameGRIN2A
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1464
Protein NamesGlutamate receptor ionotropic, NMDA 2A (GluN2A) (Glutamate [NMDA] receptor subunit epsilon-1) (N-methyl D-aspartate receptor subtype 2A) (NMDAR2A) (NR2A) (hNR2A)
Target Nameglutamate receptor ionotropic, nmda 2a
Target TypeNA
Gene Age950 ( ENSG00000183454 )
Evolutionary StageVertebrata
AlphaFoldDBQ12879
Gene CardGRIN2A
Uniprot IDQ12879
PfamPF01094; PF00060; PF10613; PF10565
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (1.728668711)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ GRIN2A ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ GRIN2A ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ GRIN2A ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ GRIN2A ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Grin2a ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ GRIN2A ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Grin2a ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ GRIN2A ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsGRIN2D, GRIN2C
ParalogsGRIN3A, GRIK5, GRIN2C, GRID1, GRID2, GRIK3, GRIN2D, GRIN1, GRIK4, GRIA3, GRIK1, GRIA2, GRIA1, GRIN3B, GRIK2, GRIA4, GRIN2B
Tissuebrain
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.289107(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 3NFL  (X-ray  1.91A  5H8F  (X-ray  1.81A  5H8H  (X-ray  2.23A  5H8N  (X-ray  2.50A  5H8Q  (X-ray  1.90A  5I2K  (X-ray  2.86A  5I2N  (X-ray  2.12A  5KCJ  (X-ray  2.09A  5KDT  (X-ray  2.44A  5TP9  (X-ray  2.40A  5TPA  (X-ray  2.48A  6IRA  (EM  4.50A  6IRF  (EM  5.10A  6IRG  (EM  5.50A  6IRH  (EM  7.80A  7EOQ  (EM  4.10A  7EOR  (EM  4.00A  7EOS  (EM  3.90A  7EOT  (EM  3.80A  7EOU  (EM  4.30A  7EU7  (EM  3.50A 
DBSNP rs1250662891  rs587780353  rs1377082706  rs868215122  rs148531310  rs199528312  rs568484876  rs148511104  rs761168789  rs149344082  rs1057519551  rs1555496111  rs139033056  rs145956175  rs1360906241  rs796052543  rs397518470  rs397518468  rs397518450  rs551688681  rs397518447  rs397514557  rs397518471  rs796052548  rs1555491648  rs143031592  rs1057519552  rs762659685  rs1555488144  rs796052549  rs780654733  rs796052551  rs150316865  rs777684328  rs1555482933  rs200037904  rs767268773  rs933322445  rs769602505  rs765370528  rs886039239  rs531782747  rs1258974659  rs138809301  rs867432846  rs267604687  rs867464241  rs747136651  rs145063086  rs367543132  rs774419037  rs976259560  rs138415164 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell projection, dendritic spine {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q00959}. Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:26875626, ECO:0000269|PubMed:26919761, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28105280, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8768735};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000305}. Synapse {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P35436}. Postsynaptic cell membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q00959};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000305}. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P35436}. Note=Expression at the dendrite cell membrane and at synapses is regulated by SORCS2 and the retromer complex. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P35436}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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