Category:GO:0032281 ! AMPA glutamate receptor complex

name: AMPA glutamate receptor complex
namespace: cellular_component
def: "An assembly of four or five subunits which form a structure with an extracellular N-terminus and a large loop that together form the ligand binding domain. The C-terminus is intracellular. The ionotropic glutamate receptor complex itself acts as a ligand gated ion channel; on binding glutamate, charged ions pass through a channel in the center of the receptor complex. The AMPA receptors mediate fast synaptic transmission in the CNS and are composed of subunits GluR1-4, products from separate genes. These subunits have an extracellular N-terminus and an intracellular C-terminus." [GOC:ef]
synonym: "alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid selective glutamate receptor complex" EXACT []
synonym: "AMPA receptor" RELATED []
synonym: "AMPA-selective glutamate receptor complex" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0008328 ! ionotropic glutamate receptor complex

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0032281</GOterm>
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