glr-6 encodes a putative non-NMDA ionotropic glutamate receptor subunit,most closely related to GLR-5, possibly of the kainate subfamily; glr-6(along with glr-3) is expressed in only one cell type, the thermosensoryinterneuron RIA, from near hatching onward to adulthood.
Predicted to enable glutamate receptor activity and transmitter-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential. Predicted to be involved in glutamatergic synaptic transmission and modulation of chemical synaptic transmission. Predicted to be located in postsynaptic density membrane.