Gene Information
Gene NameGRIA2
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length883
Protein NamesGlutamate receptor 2 (GluR-2) (AMPA-selective glutamate receptor 2) (GluR-B) (GluR-K2) (Glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 2) (GluA2)
Target Nameglutamate receptor 2
Target TypeNA
Gene Age950 ( ENSG00000120251 )
Evolutionary StageEumetazoa
AlphaFoldDBP42262
Gene CardGRIA2
Uniprot IDP42262
PfamPF01094; PF00060; PF10613
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (1.601221943)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ GRIA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ GRIA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ GRIA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ GRIA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Gria2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ GRIA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Gria2 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ GRIA2 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsGRIA3, GRIA4, GRIA1
ParalogsGRIN3A, GRIN2A, GRIK5, GRIN2C, GRID1, GRID2, GRIK3, GRIN2D, GRIN1, GRIK4, GRIA3, GRIK1, GRIA1, GRIN3B, GRIK2, GRIA4, GRIN2B
Tissuebrain, cerebral.cortex
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);NULL(Rat);0.357195(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 2WJW  (X-ray  1.80A  2WJX  (X-ray  4.10A  2XHD  (X-ray  1.80A  3R7X  (X-ray  2.10A  3RN8  (X-ray  1.70A  3RNN  (X-ray  1.75A  3UA8  (X-ray  1.90A  5H8S  (X-ray  1.70A  5YBF  (X-ray  1.50A  5YBG  (X-ray  1.52A  5ZG0  (X-ray  1.58A  5ZG1  (X-ray  1.32A  5ZG2  (X-ray  1.25A  5ZG3  (X-ray  1.65A  7F3O  (X-ray  1.44A 
DBSNP rs1735116193  rs1735294501  rs17850674  rs17850675  rs1735303754  rs1553956958  rs1579377564 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23739980, ECO:0000269|PubMed:31300657};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23739980}. Endoplasmic reticulum membrane {ECO:0000250};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250}. Postsynaptic cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23739980};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:23739980}. Postsynaptic density membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P23819};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P23819}. Note=Interaction with CACNG2, CNIH2 and CNIH3 promotes cell surface expression (By similarity). Displays a somatodendritic localization and is excluded from axons in neurons (By similarity). {ECO:0000250, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P23819}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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