Metabotropic glutamate receptor 6

GRM6
Identifiers
Aliases	GRM6, CSNB1B, GPRC1F, MGLUR6, mGlu6, glutamate metabotropic receptor 6
External IDs	OMIM: 604096; MGI: 1351343; HomoloGene: 20232; GeneCards: GRM6; OMA:GRM6 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 5 (human)
End	178,996,206 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (mouse)
End	50,757,035 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	testicle; ; pancreatic ductal cell; ; tibialis anterior muscle; ; cerebellar hemisphere; ; ganglionic eminence; ; right hemisphere of cerebellum; ; anterior pituitary; ; deltoid muscle; ; Hypothalamus; ; Ventricular system of neuraxis;
	Top expressed in
	neural layer of retina; ; embryo; ; epiblast; ; spleen; ; thymus; ; bone marrow; ; lens; ; islet of Langerhans;
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	glutamate receptor activity; G protein-coupled receptor activity; protein homodimerization activity; signal transducer activity; adenylate cyclase inhibiting G protein-coupled glutamate receptor activity; protein binding;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; Golgi apparatus; cell projection; endoplasmic reticulum membrane; membrane; Golgi membrane; plasma membrane; integral component of plasma membrane; dendrite; endoplasmic reticulum; presynaptic membrane; new growing cell tip;
Biological process	G protein-coupled glutamate receptor signaling pathway; detection of visible light; locomotory behavior; response to stimulus; sensory perception of light stimulus; detection of light stimulus involved in visual perception; positive regulation of calcium ion import; retina development in camera-type eye; signal transduction; visual perception; chemical synaptic transmission; regulation of synaptic transmission, glutamatergic; adenylate cyclase-inhibiting G protein-coupled glutamate receptor signaling pathway; G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	2916
	108072
	ENSG00000113262
	ENSMUSG00000000617
	O15303
	Q5NCH9
	NM_000843
	NM_173372
	NP_000834
	NP_775548
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Glutamate receptor, metabotropic 6, also known as GRM6 or mGluR6, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the GRM6 gene.