metabotrotic gutamate receptor type 1

Organism

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Functional implication

Agonist increases signaling in caveolin-enriched membrane 1; And also induce internalization via lipid raft/caveolae 2, 3; Caveolin-1 stabilizes surface expression of receptor 2

Methods used to detect raft association

Detergent-dependent 1; Confocal microscopy 1, 2; Detergent-dependent 2; Tandem affinity purification 2; Pull down assay 2

Mechanism of raft association

n.a

Caveolin-binding motif

Yes 2, 3

Cell type

BHK-1α cells 1; HEK-293 2; MDCK 2; Cerebellum 3

Species

Hamster 1; Human 2; Canine 2; Mouse 2; Rat 3, 2

Receptor expression

Permanently expressed 1; HEK-293: transient transfection 2; MDCK: transient transfection 2; neurons: endognous 2

Refrences