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Gene information for GRIN2B (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID2904
Official gene symbolGRIN2B
Full nameglutamate receptor, ionotropic, N-methyl D-aspartate 2B
Aliases,MGC142178,MGC142180,NMDAR2B,NR2B,hNR3,
Gene summaryN-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are a class of ionotropic glutamate receptors. NMDA receptor channel has been shown to be involved in long-term potentiation, an activity-dependent increase in the efficiency of synaptic transmission thought to underlie certain kinds of memory and learning. NMDA receptor channels are heteromers composed of three different subunits: NR1 (GRIN1), NR2 (GRIN2A, GRIN2B, GRIN2C, or GRIN2D) and NR3 (GRIN3A or GRIN3B). The NR2 subunit acts as the agonist binding site for glutamate. This receptor is the predominant excitatory neurotransmitter receptor in the mammalian brain. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 12   Locus: 12p12
Gene position14133022 - 13714410  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size418613 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID138252