Gene Information
Gene NameGRM3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length879
Protein NamesMetabotropic glutamate receptor 3 (mGluR3)
Target Namemetabotropic glutamate receptor 3
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age987 ( ENSG00000198822 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBQ14832
Gene CardGRM3
Uniprot IDQ14832
PfamPF00003; PF01094; PF07562
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (1.194755821)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ GRM3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ GRM3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ GRM3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Grm3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ GRM3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Grm3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ GRM3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsGRM4, GRM2, GRM8
ParalogsGRM2, GRM1, GRM5, GRM7, GRM6, GRM8, GRM4
Tissuebrain, cerebral.cortex, amygdala, caudate.nucleus, hippocampus, nucleus.accumbens, putamen, substantia.nigra
Tissue SpecificityDetected in brain cortex, thalamus, subthalamic nucleus, substantia nigra, hypothalamus, hippocampus, corpus callosum, caudate nucleus and amygdala. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8840013}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 3SM9  (X-ray  2.26A  4XAR  (X-ray  2.26A  5CNK  (X-ray  3.15A  5CNM  (X-ray  2.84A  6B7H  (X-ray  2.82A  7WI6  (EM  3.71A  7WI8  (EM  4.17A  7WIH  (EM  3.68A 
DBSNP rs17161026 
Subcellular location [CC]Cell membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8840013};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8840013}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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