A glutamate receptor ionotropic, kainate 2 that is encoded in the genome of human. [PRO:DNx, UniProtKB:Q13002]
Target | Category | Definition |
SNARE binding | molecular function | Binding to a SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attached protein receptor) protein. [PMID:12642621] |
glutamate-gated receptor activity | molecular function | Catalysis of the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when glutamate has been bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts. [ISBN:0198506732] |
extracellularly glutamate-gated ion channel activity | molecular function | Enables the transmembrane transfer of an ion by a channel that opens when glutamate is bound by the channel complex or one of its constituent parts on the extracellular side of the plasma membrane. [GOC:mtg_transport, ISBN:0815340729] |
kainate selective glutamate receptor activity | molecular function | An ionotropic glutamate receptor activity that exhibits fast gating by glutamate, acts by opening a cation channel permeable to sodium and potassium, and for which kainate is an agonist. [GOC:mah, PMID:10049997, PMID:8804111] |
PDZ domain binding | molecular function | Binding to a PDZ domain of a protein, a domain found in diverse signaling proteins. [GOC:go_curators, Pfam:PF00595] |
ubiquitin conjugating enzyme binding | molecular function | Binding to a ubiquitin conjugating enzyme, any of the E2 proteins. [GOC:vp] |
ubiquitin protein ligase binding | molecular function | Binding to a ubiquitin protein ligase enzyme, any of the E3 proteins. [GOC:vp] |
identical protein binding | molecular function | Binding to an identical protein or proteins. [GOC:jl] |
scaffold protein binding | molecular function | Binding to a scaffold protein. Scaffold proteins are crucial regulators of many key signaling pathways. Although not strictly defined in function, they are known to interact and/or bind with multiple members of a signaling pathway, tethering them into complexes. [GOC:BHF, GOC:sjp, PMID:10433269, Wikipedia:Scaffold_protein] |
ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of presynaptic membrane potential | molecular function | Any ligand-gated ion channel activity, occurring in the presynaptic membrane, that is involved in regulation of presynaptic membrane potential. [GOC:dos, PMID:15145529, PMID:19558451] |
transmitter-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential | molecular function | Any transmitter-gated ion channel activity that is involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential. [GO_REF:0000061, GOC:TermGenie, PMID:20200227] |
Target | Category | Definition |
behavioral fear response | biological process | An acute behavioral change resulting from a perceived external threat. [GOC:dph, PMID:9920659] |
intracellular calcium ion homeostasis | biological process | A homeostatic process involved in the maintenance of a steady state level of calcium ions within a cell. [GOC:ceb, GOC:mah] |
glutamate receptor signaling pathway | biological process | The series of molecular signals initiated by the binding of glutamate to its receptor on the surface of a target cell, and ending with the regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. transcription. [GOC:mah, GOC:signaling, PMID:9131252] |
chemical synaptic transmission | biological process | The vesicular release of classical neurotransmitter molecules from a presynapse, across a chemical synapse, the subsequent activation of neurotransmitter receptors at the postsynapse of a target cell (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) and the effects of this activation on the postsynaptic membrane potential and ionic composition of the postsynaptic cytosol. This process encompasses both spontaneous and evoked release of neurotransmitter and all parts of synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Evoked transmission starts with the arrival of an action potential at the presynapse. [GOC:jl, MeSH:D009435] |
neuronal action potential | biological process | An action potential that occurs in a neuron. [GOC:dph, GOC:isa_complete, GOC:tb] |
monoatomic ion transmembrane transport | biological process | A process in which a monoatomic ion is transported across a membrane. Monatomic ions (also called simple ions) are ions consisting of exactly one atom. [GOC:mah] |
ionotropic glutamate receptor signaling pathway | biological process | The series of molecular signals initiated by glutamate binding to a glutamate receptor on the surface of the target cell, followed by the movement of ions through a channel in the receptor complex, and ending with the regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. transcription. [GOC:signaling, ISBN:0198506732] |
receptor clustering | biological process | The receptor metabolic process that results in grouping of a set of receptors at a cellular location, often to amplify the sensitivity of a signaling response. [GOC:bf, GOC:jl, GOC:pr, PMID:19747931, PMID:21453460] |
negative regulation of neuron apoptotic process | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of cell death by apoptotic process in neurons. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:mtg_apoptosis] |
positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cell death of neurons by apoptotic process. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:mtg_apoptosis] |
regulation of JNK cascade | biological process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of signal transduction mediated by the JNK cascade. [GOC:bf] |
regulation of long-term neuronal synaptic plasticity | biological process | A process that modulates long-term neuronal synaptic plasticity, the ability of neuronal synapses to change long-term as circumstances require. Long-term neuronal synaptic plasticity generally involves increase or decrease in actual synapse numbers. [GOC:jid, PMID:11891290] |
regulation of short-term neuronal synaptic plasticity | biological process | A process that modulates short-term neuronal synaptic plasticity, the ability of neuronal synapses to change in the short-term as circumstances require. Short-term neuronal synaptic plasticity generally involves increasing or decreasing synaptic sensitivity. [GOC:jid, PMID:11891290] |
modulation of chemical synaptic transmission | biological process | Any process that modulates the frequency or amplitude of synaptic transmission, the process of communication from a neuron to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a synapse. Amplitude, in this case, refers to the change in postsynaptic membrane potential due to a single instance of synaptic transmission. [GOC:ai] |
positive regulation of synaptic transmission | biological process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of synaptic transmission, the process of communication from a neuron to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a synapse. [GOC:ai] |
neuron apoptotic process | biological process | Any apoptotic process in a neuron, the basic cellular unit of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the nervous system. [CL:0000540, GOC:mtg_apoptosis] |
negative regulation of synaptic transmission, glutamatergic | biological process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of glutamatergic synaptic transmission, the process of communication from a neuron to another neuron across a synapse using the neurotransmitter glutamate. [GOC:ai] |
excitatory postsynaptic potential | biological process | A process that leads to a temporary increase in postsynaptic potential due to the flow of positively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell. The flow of ions that causes an EPSP is an excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) and makes it easier for the neuron to fire an action potential. [GOC:dph, GOC:ef] |
inhibitory postsynaptic potential | biological process | A process that causes a temporary decrease in postsynaptic membrane potential due to the flow of negatively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell. The flow of ions that causes an IPSP is an inhibitory postsynaptic current (IPSC) and makes it more difficult for the neuron to fire an action potential. [GOC:dph, GOC:ef] |
modulation of excitatory postsynaptic potential | biological process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP). EPSP is a process that leads to a temporary increase in postsynaptic potential due to the flow of positively charged ions into the postsynaptic cell. The flow of ions that causes an EPSP is an excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) and makes it easier for the neuron to fire an action potential. [GOC:dos] |
presynaptic modulation of chemical synaptic transmission | biological process | Any process, acting in the presynapse that results in modulation of chemical synaptic transmission. [GOC:dos] |
regulation of presynaptic membrane potential | biological process | Any process that modulates the potential difference across a presynaptic membrane. [GOC:dph, GOC:ef] |
detection of cold stimulus involved in thermoception | biological process | The series of events in which a cold stimulus is received and converted into a molecular signal as part of thermoception. [PMID:21335241] |
synaptic transmission, glutamatergic | biological process | The vesicular release of glutamate from a presynapse, across a chemical synapse, the subsequent activation of glutamate receptors at the postsynapse of a target cell (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) and the effects of this activation on the postsynaptic membrane potential and ionic composition of the postsynaptic cytosol. This process encompasses both spontaneous and evoked release of neurotransmitter and all parts of synaptic vesicle exocytosis. Evoked transmission starts with the arrival of an action potential at the presynapse. [GOC:dos] |