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Gene

GRIK1

glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 1

Summary

Cytogenetic location
21q21.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 21: 29,536,933–29,939,996 (GRCh38)
Exons
18 exons across 403.1 kb
Protein
949 amino acids
Also known as
GluK1
Previous symbols
GLUR5
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000327783.9NM_001330994.2
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How GRIK1 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 21, with a bracket where GRIK1 sits. GRIK1 and 8 genes near it on chromosome 21, from 29,133,869 to 30,343,060.Chromosome 2121q21.3p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.11q22.12q22.13q22.2q22.329.2 Mb29.4 Mb29.6 Mb29.8 Mb30 Mb30.2 MbMAP3K7CL: 29,077,060–29,175,889, forward strandMAP3K7CLBACH1: 29,194,071–29,630,751, forward strandBACH1GRIK1: 29,536,933–29,939,996, reverse strandGRIK1CLDN17: 30,165,565–30,166,805, reverse strandCLDN17CLDN8: 30,214,006–30,216,097, reverse strandCLDN8KRTAP24-1: 30,281,309–30,282,950, reverse strandKRTAP24-1KRTAP25-1: 30,289,145–30,289,514, reverse strandKRTAP25-1KRTAP26-1: 30,319,124–30,320,315, reverse strandKRTAP26-1KRTAP27-1: 30,337,013–30,337,694, reverse strandKRTAP27-1Diagram of GRIK1: 18 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 21Exon 18: 29,536,933–29,537,385, 453 basesExon 17: 29,537,798–29,537,884, 87 basesExon 16: 29,555,052–29,555,302, 251 basesExon 15: 29,561,624–29,561,849, 226 basesExon 14: 29,576,964–29,577,181, 218 basesExon 13: 29,581,425–29,581,543, 119 basesExon 12: 29,587,366–29,587,589, 224 basesExon 11: 29,588,839–29,589,042, 204 basesExon 10: 29,591,112–29,591,225, 114 basesExon 9: 29,596,526–29,596,570, 45 basesExon 8: 29,598,830–29,598,937, 108 basesExon 7: 29,642,826–29,642,969, 144 basesExon 6: 29,651,118–29,651,291, 174 basesExon 5: 29,654,810–29,654,863, 54 basesExon 4: 29,672,983–29,673,164, 182 basesExon 3: 29,689,728–29,689,985, 258 basesExon 2: 29,693,896–29,694,063, 168 basesExon 1: 29,939,383–29,939,996, 614 bases181510515′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 3.6 kb of the gene's 403.1 kb; 2,850 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). GRIK1 gene: glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 1. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/grik1

Vancouver

Dante Labs. GRIK1 gene: glutamate ionotropic receptor kainate type subunit 1 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/grik1

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