Mouse GRIA2 blocking peptide

Nature

Synthetic

Tag/Conjugate

Unconjugated

Purity

> 95 % by SDS-PAGE.

Format

Lyophilized

Preservative

None

Storage

Shipped at 4°C. Upon delivery aliquot and store at -20°C or -80°C. Avoid repeated freeze / thaw cycles. Information available upon request.

Reconstitution

Mouse peptide is supplied as 1mg of dried peptide. When the peptide is reconstituted in 1 mL strile water, the concentration will be 1 mg/mL.

Introduction

Glutamate receptors are the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter receptors in the mammalian brain and are activated in a variety of normal neurophysiologic processes. This gene product belongs to a family of glutamate receptors that are sensitive to alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole propionate (AMPA), and function as ligand-activated cation channels. These channels are assembled from 4 related subunits, GRIA1-4. The subunit encoded by this gene (GRIA2) is subject to RNA editing (CAG->CGG; Q->R) within the second transmembrane domain, which is thought to render the channel impermeable to Ca(2+). Human and animal studies suggest that pre-mRNA editing is essential for brain function, and defective GRIA2 RNA editing at the Q/R site may be relevant to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) etiology. Alternative splicing, resulting in transcript variants encoding different isoforms, (including the flip and flop isoforms that vary in their signal transduction properties), has been noted for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Entrez Gene ID

Synonyms

GRIA2; glutamate receptor, ionotropic, AMPA 2; GLUR2; GLURB; GluA2; HBGR2; GluR-K2; glutamate receptor 2; gluR-2; gluR-B; AMPA-selective glutamate receptor 2;