Human CHRNA7/ric3 Membrane Protein Mammalian Transient Expression Plasmid

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Full Name

Cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 7 subunit

Introduction

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are members of a superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast signal transmission at synapses. The nAChRs are thought to be hetero-pentamers composed of homologous subunits. The proposed structure for each subunit is a conserved N-terminal extracellular domain followed by three conserved transmembrane domains, a variable cytoplasmic loop, a fourth conserved transmembrane domain, and a short C-terminal extracellular region. The protein encoded by this gene forms a homo-oligomeric channel, displays marked permeability to calcium ions and is a major component of brain nicotinic receptors that are blocked by, and highly sensitive to, alpha-bungarotoxin. Once this receptor binds acetylcholine, it undergoes an extensive change in conformation that affects all subunits and leads to opening of an ion-conducting channel across the plasma membrane. This gene is located in a region identified as a major susceptibility locus for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and a chromosomal location involved in the genetic transmission of schizophrenia. An evolutionarily recent partial duplication event in this region results in a hybrid containing sequence from this gene and a novel FAM7A gene. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

Alternative Names

NACHRA7; CHRNA7-2; a7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; alpha 7 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; alpha-7 nicotinic cholinergic receptor subunit; cholinergic receptor, nicotinic alpha 7; cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 7 (neuronal); cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7; neuronal acetylcholine receptor protein, alpha-7 chain; CHRNA7; Cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 7 subunit

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