nicotinic receptor alpha

Function

• subunit of nicotinic receptor
• subunit of nicotinic receptor (muscle), a pentamer of two alpha chains, & one each of the beta, delta, & gamma (in immature muscle) or epsilon (in mature muscle) chains
• one of 2 subunits in pentameric neuronal nicotinic receptor (alpha, beta)

More general terms

• transmembrane 4e protein
• ionotropic receptor subunit
• glycoprotein

More specific terms

• neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-6 (CHRNA6)
• nicotinic receptor alpha-10; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-10; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha 10; NACHR alpha 10 (CHRNA10, NACHRA10)
• nicotinic receptor alpha-1; acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-1 (CHRNA1, ACHRA, CHNRA)
• nicotinic receptor alpha-2; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-2 (CHRNA2)
• nicotinic receptor alpha-3; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-3 (CHRNA3, NACHRA3)
• nicotinic receptor alpha-4; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-4 (CHRNA4, NACRA4)
• nicotinic receptor alpha-5; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-5 (CHRNA5, NACHRA5)
• nicotinic receptor alpha-7, neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-7 (CHRNA7, NACHRA7, alpha 7 nAChR)
• nicotinic receptor alpha-9; neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-9; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha 9; NACHR alpha 9 (CHRNA9, NACHRA9)

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/100690
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=1134