Protein
Glutamate receptor 1
Organism
Caenorhabditis elegans
Function
Non-NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) ionotropic glutamate receptor (PubMed:7477293). L-glutamate acts as an excitatory neurotransmitter at many synapses in the central nervous system (PubMed:7477293). The postsynaptic actions of glutamate are mediated by a variety of receptors that are named according to their selective agonists (PubMed:7477293). May contribute to a sensory discrimination between mechanical and chemical stimuli (PubMed:7477293). Plays a role in controlling movement in response to environmental cues such as food availability and mechanosensory stimulation such as the nose touch response (PubMed:27223098). In AIB interneurons, promotes omega turns, a movement that frequently follows backwards locomotion or reversals in response to environmental cues while possibly playing an inhibitory role in alternative neurons to inhibit omega turns (PubMed:27223098).
Similarity
Belongs to the glutamate-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.10.1) family.
Sequence
MFSSFSFLNMFGVLFTVFNLTVVQPYPSHIIIKSFGNNEEVSRVALKAMEYTSDHINSRDDVPFKLAFDHRVVEEGAAVSWNMVNAVCDELKEGAMALLSSVDGKGREGIRGVSDALEMPLVSLTALSNDDHQQQQFGNLFEVSVRPPISELLADFIVHKGWGEVLVLIDPVHASLHLPSLWRHLRTRTNTSVKASMFDLPADEKQFEAYLMQFNMMRNNETNRILIDCASPKRLKKLLINIRSAQFNQANYHYVLANYDFLPYDQEMFQNGNINISGFNIINKDGREYWSLKKHLKTSSSLGGGDDVSVEAAVGHDAMLVTWHGFAKCLQANDSLFHGTFRHRRFFNRGFPGIYCDPLSDRSHPNRPFSSFEHGKTIGVAFRNMKIGHKEGTLTGNIEFDRFGNRKNFDVSIVDLVSNTKATFNSKEVLAWRQGVGFFSNRTVAQHSRKSQNDHKDNQVIVLTNLVAPFVMIKRECLEMANLTECQGNNKFEGFCIDLLKLLADKIEEFNYEIKLGTKAGSKQADGSWDGMIGELLSGRAHAVVASLTINQERERVVDFSKPFMTTGISIMIKKPDKQEFSVFSFMQPLSTEIWMYIIFAYIGVSVVIFLVSRFSPYEWRVEETSRGGFTISNDFSVYNCLWFTLAAFMQQGTDILPRSISGRIASSAWWFFTMIIVSSYTANLAAFLTLEKMQAPIESVEDLAKQSKIKYGIQGGGSTASFFKYSSVQIYQRMWRYMESQVPPVFVASYAEGIERVRSHKGRYAFLLEATANEYENTRKPCDTMKVGANLNSIGYGIATPFGSDWKDHINLAILALQERGELKKLENKWWYDRGQCDAGITVDGSSASLNLSKVAGIFYILMGGMVISMLAALGEFLYRSRIEARKSNSNSMVANFAKNLKSALSSQLRLSVEGGAVAQPGSQSHNAIRRQQVAAFLPANEKEAFNNVDRPANTLYNTAV