nicotinic receptor alpha-5; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-5 (CHRNA5, NACHRA5)

Function

• neuronal nicotinic receptor alpha subunit

Structure

• belongs to the ligand-gated ionic channel (TC 1.A.9) family

Compartment

• cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic cell membrane

Pathology

• genetic variations in CHRNA5 may be associated with susceptibility to lung cancer type 2

More general terms

• nicotinic receptor alpha

Database

• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:1138
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/118505
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/612052
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P30532.html
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=1138