About Glutamate receptor ionotropic, kainate 2
Glutamate receptor ionotropic, kainate 2 (GRIK2) is a protein
from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession
Q13002, 908 residues long.
MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and
146 disease associations.
Target properties
| Protein name | Glutamate receptor ionotropic, kainate 2 |
| UniProt accession | Q13002 |
| Gene | GRIK2 |
| 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 (146)
Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).
- Seizure · score 0.64
- epilepsy · score 0.60
- migraine disorder · score 0.60
- obesity · score 0.57
- alcohol dependence · score 0.54
- pain · score 0.53
- partial epilepsy · score 0.53
- post-traumatic stress disorder · score 0.51
- Headache · score 0.50
- autosomal recessive non-syndromic intellectual disability · score 0.49
3D Structure (1)
Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.
| Structure | Source | Method | Mean pLDDT | Resolution (Å) |
| AF-Q13002-F1 | alphafold | PREDICTED | 83.57 | — |
Amino-acid sequence (908 residues)
MKIIFPILSN PVFRRTVKLL LCLLWIGYSQ GTTHVLRFGG IFEYVESGPM GAEELAFRFA VNTINRNRTL LPNTTLTYDT QKINLYDSFE ASKKACDQLS LGVAAIFGPS HSSSANAVQS ICNALGVPHI QTRWKHQVSD NKDSFYVSLY PDFSSLSRAI LDLVQFFKWK TVTVVYDDST GLIRLQELIK APSRYNLRLK IRQLPADTKD AKPLLKEMKR GKEFHVIFDC SHEMAAGILK QALAMGMMTE YYHYIFTTLD LFALDVEPYR YSGVNMTGFR ILNTENTQVS SIIEKWSMER LQAPPKPDSG LLDGFMTTDA ALMYDAVHVV SVAVQQFPQM TVSSLQCNRH KPWRFGTRFM SLIKEAHWEG LTGRITFNKT NGLRTDFDLD VISLKEEGLE KIGTWDPASG LNMTESQKGK PANITDSLSN RSLIVTTILE EPYVLFKKSD KPLYGNDRFE GYCIDLLREL STILGFTYEI RLVEDGKYGA QDDANGQWNG MVRELIDHKA DLAVAPLAIT YVREKVIDFS KPFMTLGISI LYRKPNGTNP GVFSFLNPLS PDIWMYILLA YLGVSCVLFV IARFSPYEWY NPHPCNPDSD VVENNFTLLN SFWFGVGALM QQGSELMPKA LSTRIVGGIW WFFTLIIISS YTANLAAFLT VERMESPIDS ADDLAKQTKI EYGAVEDGAT MTFFKKSKIS TYDKMWAFMS SRRQSVLVKS NEEGIQRVLT SDYAFLMEST TIEFVTQRNC NLTQIGGLID SKGYGVGTPM GSPYRDKITI AILQLQEEGK LHMMKEKWWR GNGCPEEESK EASALGVQNI GGIFIVLAAG LVLSVFVAVG EFLYKSKKNA QLEKRSFCSA MVEELRMSLK CQRRLKHKPQ APVIVKTEEV INMHTFNDRR LPGKETMA
Explore Glutamate receptor ionotropic, kainate 2 with MolForge
Find binders, run structure-based screening, and map this target across
diseases and approved drugs with our AI-powered platform.
Browse all targets