Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5

**Semantic type:** Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein|Receptor

**Definition:** Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (1212 aa, ~132 kDa) is encoded by the human GRM5 gene. This protein plays a role in both glutamate binding and downstream signal transduction.

**Synonyms:** - GRM5 - Glutamate Receptor, Metabotropic 5 - METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 5 - mGluR5 - mGluR5