GluA1/GluR1 Antibody – Mouse Monoclonal

Glutamate receptors are the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter receptors in the mammalian brain and are activated in a variety of normal neurophysiologic processes. These receptors are heteromeric protein complexes with multiple subunits, each possessing transmembrane regions, and all arranged to form a ligand-gated ion channel. The classification of glutamate receptors is based on their activation by different pharmacologic agonists. This gene belongs to a family of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA) receptors. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

GluR1: an integral membrane protein belonging to the glutamate-gated ion channel family. L-glutamate (Glu) acts as an excitatory neurotransmitter at many synapses in the central nervous system. Glutamate receptors are heteromeric protein complexes with multiple subunits, each possessing transmembrane regions, and all arranged to form a ligand-gated ion channel. The postsynaptic actions of Glu are mediated by a variety of receptors that are named according to their selective agonists. Each of the four GluR proteins (GRIA1-4) include flip and flop isoforms generated by alternative RNA splicing. Expressed in granule and pyramidal cells in the hippocampal formation.

Protein type: Channel, calcium; Membrane protein, multi-pass; Membrane protein, integral; Channel, ligand-gated

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 5q31.1

Cellular Component: cell junction; cell soma; cell surface; dendrite; dendritic spine; endoplasmic reticulum membrane; ER-Golgi intermediate compartment membrane; Golgi membrane; plasma membrane; postsynaptic density; postsynaptic membrane; recycling endosome; synaptic vesicle

Molecular Function: alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate selective glutamate receptor activity; excitatory extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity; extracellular-glutamate-gated ion channel activity; glutamate receptor activity; PDZ domain binding; protein binding

Biological Process: COPII coating of Golgi vesicle; ER to Golgi vesicle-mediated transport; ionotropic glutamate receptor signaling pathway; long-term memory; receptor internalization; signal transduction; synaptic transmission