CHRNA7

CHRNA7
Available structures PDB Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes 5AFK, 5AFJ, 5AFL, 2MAW, 5AFN, 5AFM, 5AFH
Identifiers
Aliases	CHRNA7, CHRNA7-2, NACHRA7, cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 7 subunit
External IDs	OMIM: 118511; MGI: 99779; HomoloGene: 593; GeneCards: CHRNA7; OMA:CHRNA7 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 15 (human)[1] Band 15q13.3 Start 31,923,438 bp[1] End 32,173,018 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 7 (mouse)[2] Band 7 C|7 34.47 cM Start 62,748,440 bp[2] End 62,862,317 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in testicle oocyte secondary oocyte ganglionic eminence gonad ventricular zone jejunal mucosa retinal pigment epithelium mucosa of ileum prefrontal cortex Top expressed in trigeminal nerve dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell lumbar spinal ganglion primary visual cortex tail of embryo autonomic nervous system superior frontal gyrus sympathetic ganglion paravertebral ganglia tongue More reference expression data BioGPS n/a
Gene ontology Molecular function protein homodimerization activity acetylcholine binding acetylcholine-gated cation-selective channel activity amyloid-beta binding acetylcholine receptor activity ion channel activity chloride channel regulator activity extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity toxic substance binding ligand-gated ion channel activity transmembrane signaling receptor activity calcium channel activity protein binding Cellular component integral component of membrane acetylcholine-gated channel complex postsynaptic membrane membrane plasma membrane synapse cell junction integral component of plasma membrane neuron projection plasma membrane raft postsynapse Biological process response to hypoxia cognition cellular calcium ion homeostasis ion transport positive regulation of angiogenesis ion transmembrane transport positive regulation of cell population proliferation transport calcium ion transport signal transduction synaptic transmission, cholinergic memory negative regulation of tumor necrosis factor production response to nicotine regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential excitatory postsynaptic potential positive regulation of protein phosphorylation chemical synaptic transmission learning or memory short-term memory regulation of membrane potential synapse organization nervous system process sensory processing positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade calcium ion transmembrane transport acetylcholine receptor signaling pathway dendritic spine organization modulation of excitatory postsynaptic potential dendrite arborization positive regulation of long-term synaptic potentiation regulation of neuron death positive regulation of amyloid-beta formation negative regulation of amyloid-beta formation regulation of amyloid precursor protein catabolic process response to amyloid-beta response to acetylcholine regulation of amyloid fibril formation positive regulation of CoA-transferase activity positive regulation of excitatory postsynaptic potential Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 1139 11441 Ensembl ENSG00000274542 ENSG00000175344 ENSG00000282088 ENSMUSG00000030525 UniProt P36544 P49582 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000746 NM_001190455 NM_007390 RefSeq (protein) NP_000737 NP_001177384 NP_031416 Location (UCSC) Chr 15: 31.92 – 32.17 Mb Chr 7: 62.75 – 62.86 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-7, also known as nAChRα7, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CHRNA7 gene.^[5] The protein encoded by this gene is a subunit of certain nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAchR).