SCN7A

SCN7A
Identifiers
Aliases	SCN7A, NaG, Nav2.1, Nav2.2, SCN6A, sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 7
External IDs	OMIM: 182392; MGI: 102965; HomoloGene: 55706; GeneCards: SCN7A; OMA:SCN7A - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 2 (human)
End	166,611,482 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 2 (mouse)
End	66,615,258 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	trigeminal ganglion; ; sural nerve; ; right lung; ; spinal ganglia; ; lower lobe of lung; ; seminal vesicula; ; right ventricle; ; left ovary; ; visceral pleura; ; muscle layer of sigmoid colon;
	Top expressed in
	left lung lobe; ; carotid body; ; median eminence; ; lumbar spinal ganglion; ; right lung; ; right lung lobe; ; white adipose tissue; ; trigeminal ganglion; ; arcuate nucleus; ; aortic valve;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	ion channel activity; sodium channel activity; voltage-gated ion channel activity; voltage-gated sodium channel activity;
Cellular component	voltage-gated sodium channel complex; integral component of membrane; plasma membrane; membrane; axon; glial cell projection;
Biological process	regulation of ion transmembrane transport; muscle contraction; membrane depolarization during action potential; ion transport; sodium ion transmembrane transport; transmembrane transport; neuronal action potential; sodium ion transport; ion transmembrane transport; response to bacterium; sodium ion homeostasis;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	6332
	20272
	ENSG00000136546
	ENSMUSG00000034810
	Q01118
	n/a
	NM_002976
	NM_009135
	NP_002967
	n/a
	Wikidata
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Na_x is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCN7A (Sodium channel protein type 7) gene.^[5]^[6] It is a sodium channel alpha subunit expressed in the heart, the uterus and in glial cells of mice. It has low similarity to all nine other sodium channel alpha subunits (Na_v1.1–1.9).^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000136546 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000034810 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ ^a ^b Plummer NW, Meisler MH (April 1999). "Evolution and diversity of mammalian sodium channel genes". Genomics. 57 (2): 323–31. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5735. PMID 10198179.
^ "Entrez Gene: SCN7A sodium channel, voltage-gated, type VII, alpha".

[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000136546 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000034810 – Ensembl, May 2017

[3] "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[4] "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.

[pmid10198179-5] Plummer NW, Meisler MH (April 1999). "Evolution and diversity of mammalian sodium channel genes". Genomics. 57 (2): 323–31. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5735. PMID 10198179.

[entrez-6] "Entrez Gene: SCN7A sodium channel, voltage-gated, type VII, alpha".

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