Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody to KA1

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the glutamate~gated ionic channel family. Glutamate functions as the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system through activation of ligand~gated ion channels and G protein~coupled membrane receptors. The protein encoded by this gene forms functional heteromeric kainate~preferring ionic channels with the subunits encoded by related gene family members. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]