Annotated protein:Glutamate receptor 1 (GluR-1) (AMPA-selective glutamate receptor 1) (GluR-A) (GluR-K1) (Glutamate receptor ionotropic, AMPA 1) (GluA1). Gene symbol: GRIA1. Taxonomy: Mus musculus (Mouse). Uniprot ID: P23818
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SynGO gene info:SynGO data @ GRIA1
Ontology domain:Biological Process
SynGO term:transmitter-gated ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential (GO:1904315)
Synapse type(s):hippocampus, glutamatergic
Annotated paper:Mack V, et al. "Conditional restoration of hippocampal synaptic potentiation in Glur-A-deficient mice" Science. 2001 Jun 29;292(5526):2501-4 PMID:11431570
Figure(s):Fig.3
Annotation description:Fig.3: "Recovery of SC/CA1 LTP inGFPGluR-A-expressing GluR-A-/- mice"

Mice defective in the AMPAR subunit GRIA1; GluR1 do not show the phenomenon of hippocampal LTP which is known to be caused by AMPARs moving into the PSD. Reexpression of GFP-Glur1 can rescue this defect.
Evidence tracking, Biological System:Intact tissue
Evidence tracking, Protein Targeting:Over-expression
Antibody (detection)
Evidence tracking, Experiment Assay:Electron Microscopy
Annotator(s):Pim van Nierop (ORCID:0000-0003-0593-3443)
Guus Smit (ORCID:0000-0002-2286-1587)
Matthijs Verhage (ORCID:0000-0002-2514-0216)
Lab:Department of Functional Genomics, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
SynGO annotation ID:2387
Dataset release (version):20231201
View annotation as GO-CAM model:Gene Ontology