GRM8

glutamate metabotropic receptor 8

Summary

L-glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system and activates both ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptors. Glutamatergic neurotransmission is involved in most aspects of normal brain function and can be perturbed in many neuropathologic conditions. The metabotropic glutamate receptors are a family of G protein-coupled receptors, that have been divided into 3 groups on the basis of sequence homology, putative signal transduction mechanisms, and pharmacologic properties. Group I includes GRM1 and GRM5 and these receptors have been shown to activate phospholipase C. Group II includes GRM2 and GRM3 while Group III includes GRM4, GRM6, GRM7 and GRM8. Group II and III receptors are linked to the inhibition of the cyclic AMP cascade but differ in their agonist selectivities. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been described for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Known Variants134 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs7127237:126,079,144A/T
rs7476234887:126,086,162A/Guncertain significance
rs1484827187:126,086,242T/Clikely benign
rs7695836237:126,086,302C/Tuncertain significance
rs1392895507:126,086,303G/Auncertain significance
rs7668347667:126,086,347T/Cuncertain significance
rs7722906447:126,086,405G/Tuncertain significance
rs5634181687:126,086,425A/Cuncertain significance
rs352712567:126,108,914A/Gintron variant
rs18330707:126,123,306G/Aintron variant
rs1448730037:126,149,386C/Tupstream gene variant
rs22377387:126,166,986A/Gintron variant
rs22377397:126,167,037G/Aintron variant
rs1476398167:126,173,127G/Auncertain significance
rs25358470717:126,173,164G/Auncertain significance
rs1500546617:126,173,219C/Tbenign
rs7582958267:126,173,231C/Tlikely benign
rs3776545417:126,173,249C/Alikely benign
rs774995547:126,173,278G/Auncertain significance
rs7692017:126,173,279G/Clikely benign
rs18151513397:126,173,377G/Auncertain significance
rs7561800037:126,173,378C/Tlikely benign
rs21508584227:126,173,427G/Cuncertain significance
rs1487801567:126,173,441G/Abenign
rs1820882007:126,173,481C/Tuncertain significance
rs7506148197:126,173,484C/Tuncertain significance
rs7794116047:126,173,521T/Cuncertain significance
rs1424003977:126,173,556G/Auncertain significance
rs12372120207:126,173,558T/Alikely benign
rs3683446347:126,173,566C/Tuncertain significance
rs18151861967:126,173,584C/Tuncertain significance
rs7666358677:126,173,597G/Cuncertain significance
rs7538621707:126,173,603T/Alikely benign
rs7531539097:126,173,617G/Auncertain significance
rs7466716527:126,173,623A/Guncertain significance
rs7777742347:126,173,640G/Auncertain significance
rs1485538367:126,173,739C/Tuncertain significance
rs617533647:126,173,755T/Gbenign
rs15849720377:126,173,764G/Alikely benign
rs1439926857:126,173,772A/Clikely benign
rs3728016267:126,173,801G/Tuncertain significance
rs2014699617:126,173,808C/Tuncertain significance
rs5698174607:126,173,818G/Auncertain significance
rs1408633377:126,173,852C/Tlikely benign
rs617510577:126,173,880G/Auncertain significance
rs1445709257:126,173,897C/Tlikely benign
rs1122207437:126,173,898G/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs617533657:126,173,902G/Cbenign
rs7524040927:126,173,926A/Guncertain significance
rs746784337:126,173,950A/Gbenign
rs7456262487:126,173,951T/Clikely benign
rs96417987:126,185,934T/C
rs756366547:126,207,479G/Tintron variant
rs14194957:126,208,456G/T
rs22994697:126,218,888C/G
rs14194987:126,219,040T/Aintron variant
rs22994727:126,220,469C/Aintron variant
rs126667397:126,222,325A/Tintron variant
rs14681557:126,224,920G/C
rs42766227:126,226,522G/T
rs45809857:126,226,539C/Tintron variant
rs24028187:126,227,245G/T
rs624778867:126,241,286T/G
rs2009718487:126,249,406C/Tlikely benign
rs7691987:126,249,446G/Abenign
rs20976417:126,289,475G/Aintron variant
rs176913947:126,324,591A/Gintron variant
rs22995027:126,372,507T/Cintron variant
rs7279037:126,378,842A/G
rs47313287:126,379,490T/Cintron variant
rs350481937:126,382,539G/Tintron variant
rs343510887:126,382,962T/Cintron variant
rs345489307:126,382,969C/T
rs132249477:126,385,731G/Aintron variant
rs132268417:126,389,408T/A
rs22830707:126,393,180C/Tintron variant
rs7762673637:126,409,937G/Auncertain significance
rs18186445147:126,409,961C/Tuncertain significance
rs7706531047:126,410,021T/Cuncertain significance
rs5440165977:126,410,045A/Tuncertain significance
rs13547513277:126,410,078C/Tuncertain significance
rs1414689997:126,410,088A/Glikely benign
rs617553987:126,410,122G/Tbenign
rs176831747:126,414,078A/Tintron variant
rs69581017:126,430,868G/Aintron variant
rs119711867:126,437,897A/Gintron variant
rs358644947:126,483,559G/A
rs355053907:126,488,798C/Tintron variant
rs132422337:126,490,357C/Tintron variant
rs5421952647:126,514,857C/T
rs1177371187:126,526,991A/Gintron variant
rs617553887:126,541,317T/Cintron variant
rs25367058277:126,542,695T/Cuncertain significance
rs7775172537:126,542,710G/Auncertain significance
rs5417856887:126,544,085T/Auncertain significance
rs1443385487:126,544,139T/Clikely benign
rs1428364707:126,544,619G/Alikely benign
rs25367239137:126,544,626A/Guncertain significance
rs171503437:126,544,671A/Gbenign
rs7702321777:126,544,691T/Clikely benign

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.