title: Cloning, expression, and gene structure of a G protein-coupled glutamate receptor from rat brain.
abstract: A complementary DNA encoding a G protein-coupled glutamate receptor from rat brain, GluGR, was cloned by functional expression in Xenopus oocytes. The complementary DNA encodes a protein of 1199 amino acids containing a seven-transmembrane motif, flanked by large amino- and carboxyl-terminal domains. This receptor lacks any amino acid sequence similarity with other G protein-coupled receptors, suggesting that it may be a member of a new subfamily. The presence of two introns flanking the central core suggests that GluGR may have evolved by exon shuffling. Expressed in oocytes, GluGR is activated by quisqualate greater than glutamate greater than ibotenate greater than trans-1-aminocyclopentyl-1,3-dicarboxylate, and it is inhibited by 2-amino-3-phosphonopropionate. Activation is blocked by Bordella pertussis toxin. These properties are typical of some metabotropic glutamate receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Houamed
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kuijper
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Haldeman
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: O'Hara
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Mulvihill
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Almers
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Hagen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017470:Receptors, Glutamate; D017981:Receptors, Neurotransmitter; D004247:DNA; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins