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1: Nature. 1991 Feb 28;349(6312):760-5.Click here to read Links

Sequence and expression of a metabotropic glutamate receptor.

Masu M, Tanabe Y, Tsuchida K, Shigemoto R, Nakanishi S.

Institute for Immunology, Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan.

The complementary DNA of a metabotropic glutamate receptor coupled to inositol phosphate/Ca2+ signal transduction has been cloned and characterized. This receptor shows no sequence similarity to conventional G protein-coupled receptors and has a unique structure with large hydrophilic sequences at both sides of seven putative membrane-spanning domains. Abundant expression of this messenger RNA is observed in neuronal cells in hippocampal dentate gyrus and CA2-3 and in cerebellar Purkinje cells, suggesting the importance of this receptor in specific hippocampal and cerebellar functions.

PMID: 1847995 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]