GRIK4
glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 4 | GluK4, KA1, GRIK

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the glutamate-gated ionic channel family. Glutamate functions as the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system through activation of ligand-gated ion channels and G protein-coupled membrane receptors. The protein encoded by this gene forms functional heteromeric kainate-preferring ionic channels with the subunits encoded by related gene family members. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]

Biological processes 34 terms
chemical synaptic transmission (GO:0007268)glutamate receptor signaling pathway (GO:0007215)glutamate receptor signaling pathway (GO:0007215)glutamatergic synapse (GO:0098978)hippocampal mossy fiber to CA3 synapse (GO:0098686)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 complex (GO:0032983)kainate selective glutamate receptor complex (GO:0032983)ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity (GO:0015276)ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of presynaptic membrane potential (GO:0099507)ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of presynaptic membrane potential (GO:0099507)ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of presynaptic membrane potential (GO:0099507)ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of presynaptic membrane potential (GO:0099507)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)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)presynaptic membrane (GO:0042734)regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential (GO:0060078)regulation of presynaptic membrane potential (GO:0099505)signal transduction (GO:0007165)signaling receptor activity (GO:0038023)synapse (GO:0045202)synaptic transmission, glutamatergic (GO:0035249)transmitter-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential (GO:1904315)
Expression (TPM)
GRIK4 — as a Regulated Gene

TFs regulating GRIK4 0 TFs

Transcription factors with Perturb-seq knockdown data for GRIK4. 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 = GRIK4 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 GRIK4

Open chromatin peaks (ATAC-seq) in the genomic neighbourhood of GRIK4, 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
chr11:120,236,598–120,237,182 274.9 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 249
chr11:120,255,150–120,255,776 256.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 143
chr11:120,324,948–120,325,789 186.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 665
chr11:120,335,703–120,337,153 175.4 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 976
chr11:120,510,928–120,512,148 259 bp At TSS Multiome 448
chr11:120,527,165–120,527,924 15.8 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 168
chr11:120,564,037–120,565,284 52.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome 254
chr11:120,641,483–120,642,081 130.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 25
chr11:120,929,398–120,930,110 418.0 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 242
chr11:120,952,870–120,953,318 441.3 kb Distal (>10kb) Multiome HiCAR 268

Genome Browser

Genomic view of the GRIK4 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.

chr11:120,226,598 – 120,963,318
Proximal 1 kb Distal 10 kb Multiome HiCAR ATAC-seq RNA-seq