GRIK1
glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 1 | GluK1, GLUR5

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 the kainate family of glutamate receptors, which are composed of four subunits and function as ligand-activated ion channels. The subunit encoded by this gene is subject to RNA editing (CAG->CGG; Q->R) within the second transmembrane domain, which is thought to alter the properties of ion flow. Alternative splicing, resulting in transcript variants encoding different isoforms, has been noted for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Biological processes 33 terms
calcium-mediated signaling (GO:0019722)central nervous system development (GO:0007417)chemical synaptic transmission (GO:0007268)glutamate receptor signaling pathway (GO:0007215)glutamate receptor signaling pathway (GO:0007215)glutamate-gated calcium ion channel activity (GO:0022849)glutamate-gated receptor activity (GO:0004970)glutamatergic synapse (GO:0098978)ionotropic glutamate receptor signaling pathway (GO:0035235)kainate selective glutamate receptor activity (GO:0015277)kainate selective glutamate receptor activity (GO:0015277)kainate selective glutamate receptor activity (GO:0015277)kainate selective glutamate receptor activity (GO:0015277)kainate selective glutamate receptor complex (GO:0032983)ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity (GO:0015276)membrane (GO:0016020)modulation of chemical synaptic transmission (GO:0050804)monoatomic ion channel activity (GO:0005216)monoatomic ion transmembrane transport (GO:0034220)monoatomic ion transport (GO:0006811)nervous system development (GO:0007399)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)plasma membrane (GO:0005886)postsynaptic density membrane (GO:0098839)postsynaptic membrane (GO:0045211)presynaptic membrane (GO:0042734)regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential (GO:0060078)regulation of synaptic transmission, glutamatergic (GO:0051966)signaling receptor activity (GO:0038023)synaptic transmission, glutamatergic (GO:0035249)transmitter-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential (GO:1904315)
Expression (TPM)
GRIK1 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating GRIK1 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for GRIK1. The Binding column indicates whether any binding evidence exists for this TF–gene pair (ChIP-seq or motif footprint peaks). The Mean coef is the average Perturb-seq regression coefficient across active gRNAs (positive = GRIK1 upregulated upon KD; negative = downregulated). The Outlier column indicates whether this gene is in the top or bottom 5% of all TF knockdown effects.

Data: Effect:
TF Mean coef Binding Outlier TF→Gene link

Elements linked to GRIK1

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of GRIK1, linked by TSS proximity or chromatin conformation (Multiome / HiCAR). Each element overlaps at least one TF ChIP-seq binding site — the TFs column shows how many distinct TFs bind that element.

Accessibility Element Dist. to TSS Link type TFs
chr21:29,938,961–29,940,363 161 bp At TSS Multiome 232

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the GRIK1 locus showing ATAC-seq accessibility and RNA-seq expression across the ESC → DE time course, together with TF binding peaks and element-to-TSS loop connections.

chr21:29,928,961 – 29,950,363
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq