A class of ligand-gated ion channel receptors that have specificity for GLUTAMATE. They are distinct from METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE RECEPTORS which act through a G-protein-coupled mechanism. (mesh:D058468)
| Identifier | Name | Relation | 
| FPLX:Kainate_family | Kainate_family | isa | 
| FPLX:GRIA | GRIA | isa | 
| FPLX:GRID | GRID | isa | 
| FPLX:GRIN | GRIN | isa | 
| Relation | Identifier | Name | 
| isa | FPLX:Ligand_gated_ion_channels | Ligand_gated_ion_channels |