Table 1

Glutamate receptor subunits and their genes

GroupReceptor FamilySubunitGeneChromosome (human)GenEMBL Accession No.
MouseRatHuman
1AMPAGluR1 GRIA1 5q33 X57497 X17184 I57354
1AMPAGluR2 GRIA2 4q32-33 X57498 M85035 A46056
1AMPAGluR3 GRIA3 Xq25-26 M85036 X82068
1AMPAGluR4 GRIA4 11q22-23 M36421 U16129
2KainateGluR5 GRIK1 21q21.1-22.1 X66118 M83560 U16125
2KainateGluR6 GRIK2 6q16.3-q21 D10054 Z11715 U16126
2KainateGluR7 GRIK3 1p34-p33 M83552 U16127
3KainateKA-1 GRIK4 11q22.3 X59996 S67803 1-a
3KainateKA-2 GRIK5 19q13.2 D10011 Z11581 S40369
4NMDANR1 GRIN1 9q34.3 D10028 X63255 X58633
5NMDANR2A GRIN2A 16p13.2 D10217 D13211 U09002
5NMDANR2B GRIN2B 12p12 D10651 M91562 U28861 1-a
5NMDANR2C GRIN2C 17q24-q25 D10694 D13212
5NMDANR2D GRIN2D 19q13.1qter D12822 D13214 U77783
6NMDANR3A GRIN3A 1-b L34938
7Orphanδ1 GRID1 D10171 Z17238
7Orphanδ2 GRID2 4q22 D13266 Z17239
  • 1-a Partial sequence.

  • 1-b Proposed here.