About Metabotropic glutamate receptor 8
Metabotropic glutamate receptor 8 (GRM8) is a protein
from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession
O00222, 908 residues long.
MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and
163 disease associations.
Target properties
| Protein name | Metabotropic glutamate receptor 8 |
| UniProt accession | O00222 |
| Gene | GRM8 |
| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Length | 908 residues |
| Molecular weight | — |
| EC numbers | — |
| Target class | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Subcellular location | — |
| Keywords | — |
Druggability
Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug
| Druggability tier | MEDIUM |
| Druggability score | — |
| Pocket score | — |
| Max clinical phase | — |
Approved drugs hitting this target (2)
DrugCentral-linked approved drugs that act on this protein.
Disease associations (163)
Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).
- neuroticism measurement · score 0.42
- mathematical ability · score 0.42
- wellbeing measurement · score 0.39
- worry measurement · score 0.37
- neurodegenerative disease · score 0.37
- self reported educational attainment · score 0.36
- body fat percentage · score 0.35
- gastroesophageal reflux disease · score 0.34
- diffuse plaque measurement · score 0.34
- diet measurement · score 0.30
3D Structure (1)
Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.
| Structure | Source | Method | Mean pLDDT | Resolution (Å) |
| AF-O00222-F1 | alphafold | PREDICTED | 84.07 | — |
Amino-acid sequence (908 residues)
MVCEGKRSAS CPCFFLLTAK FYWILTMMQR THSQEYAHSI RVDGDIILGG LFPVHAKGER GVPCGELKKE KGIHRLEAML YAIDQINKDP DLLSNITLGV RILDTCSRDT YALEQSLTFV QALIEKDASD VKCANGDPPI FTKPDKISGV IGAAASSVSI MVANILRLFK IPQISYASTA PELSDNTRYD FFSRVVPPDS YQAQAMVDIV TALGWNYVST LASEGNYGES GVEAFTQISR EIGGVCIAQS QKIPREPRPG EFEKIIKRLL ETPNARAVIM FANEDDIRRI LEAAKKLNQS GHFLWIGSDS WGSKIAPVYQ QEEIAEGAVT ILPKRASIDG FDRYFRSRTL ANNRRNVWFA EFWEENFGCK LGSHGKRNSH IKKCTGLERI ARDSSYEQEG KVQFVIDAVY SMAYALHNMH KDLCPGYIGL CPRMSTIDGK ELLGYIRAVN FNGSAGTPVT FNENGDAPGR YDIFQYQITN KSTEYKVIGH WTNQLHLKVE DMQWAHREHT HPASVCSLPC KPGERKKTVK GVPCCWHCER CEGYNYQVDE LSCELCPLDQ RPNMNRTGCQ LIPIIKLEWH SPWAVVPVFV AILGIIATTF VIVTFVRYND TPIVRASGRE LSYVLLTGIF LCYSITFLMI AAPDTIICSF RRVFLGLGMC FSYAALLTKT NRIHRIFEQG KKSVTAPKFI SPASQLVITF SLISVQLLGV FVWFVVDPPH IIIDYGEQRT LDPEKARGVL KCDISDLSLI CSLGYSILLM VTCTVYAIKT RGVPETFNEA KPIGFTMYTT CIIWLAFIPI FFGTAQSAEK MYIQTTTLTV SMSLSASVSL GMLYMPKVYI IIFHPEQNVQ KRKRSFKAVV TAATMQSKLI QKGNDRPNGE VKSELCESLE TNTSSTKTTY ISYSNHSI
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