Metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GRM4gene.[5][6][7]
Together with GRM6, GRM7 and GRM8 it belongs to group III of the metabotropic glutamate receptor family. Group III receptors are linked to the inhibition of the cyclic AMP cascade.[7]
Activation of GRM4 has potential therapeutic benefits in the treatment of parkinson's disease. Splice variant "taste-GRM4" is involved in the perception of umami taste.[8]
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Further reading
Flor PJ, Lukic S, Rüegg D, Leonhardt T, Knöpfel T, Kuhn R (February 1995). "Molecular cloning, functional expression and pharmacological characterization of the human metabotropic glutamate receptor type 4". Neuropharmacology. 34 (2): 149–155. doi:10.1016/0028-3908(94)00149-M. PMID7617140. S2CID31399907.
Gomeza J, Mary S, Brabet I, Parmentier ML, Restituito S, Bockaert J, et al. (October 1996). "Coupling of metabotropic glutamate receptors 2 and 4 to G alpha 15, G alpha 16, and chimeric G alpha q/i proteins: characterization of new antagonists". Molecular Pharmacology. 50 (4): 923–930. PMID8863838.
Barbon A, Ferraboli S, Barlati S (2000). "Assignment of the human metabotropic glutamate receptor gene GRM4 to chromosome 6 band p21.3 by radiation hybrid mapping". Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics. 88 (3–4): 210. doi:10.1159/000015551. PMID10828590. S2CID85055574.
Ohtsuki T, Toru M, Arinami T (June 2001). "Mutation screening of the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR4 (GRM4) gene in patients with schizophrenia". Psychiatric Genetics. 11 (2): 79–83. doi:10.1097/00041444-200106000-00004. PMID11525421. S2CID752064.