Nav1.7

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sodium channel, voltage-gated, type IX, alpha
Identifiers
Symbol	SCN9A
Alt. Symbols	Nav1.7
Entrez	6335
HUGO	10597
OMIM	603415
RefSeq	NM_002977
UniProt	Q15858
Other data
Locus	Chr. 2 q24

The Nav1.7 sodium ion channel protein is encoded by gene SCN9A. Recent studies have associated a defect in SCN9A with congenital insensitivity to pain.^[1]

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^ Cox JJ, Reimann F, Nicholas AK, Thornton G, Roberts E, Springell K, Karbani G, Jafri H, Mannan J, Raashid Y, Al-Gazali L, Hamamy H, Valente EM, Gorman S, Williams R, McHale DP, Wood JN, Gribble FM, Woods CG (2006). "An SCN9A channelopathy causes congenital inability to experience pain". Nature 444 (7121): 894–8. doi:10.1038/nature05413. PMID 17167479.

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MeSH SCN9A+protein,+human

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v • d • e Membrane transport protein: ion channels

Ca²⁺: Calcium channel	Voltage-dependent calcium channel (L-type/Ca_vα(1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4), N-type, P-type/Ca_vα(2.1), Q-type, R-type, T-type, α₂δ-subunits (1, 2), β-subunits (β1, β2, β3, β4), γ-subunits (γ1, γ2, γ3, γ4) Inositol triphosphate receptor • Ryanodine receptor • Cation channels of sperm • Two-pore channel

Na⁺: Sodium channel	Na_vα (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 7A) • Na_vβ (1, 2, 3, 4) • Epithelial sodium channel

K⁺: Potassium channel	Voltage-gated (K_vα (1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1, 3.1, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 9.3, 10.1, 11.1/hERG) • K_vβ (1, 2), Shaker gene, KCNE1) Calcium-activated (BK channel: α1, β1, β2, β3, β4; SK channel: SK1, SK2, SK3, SK4) Inward-rectifier K_ir (1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, GIRK, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1) Tandem pore domain K2P (1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 15, 17)

Cl^-: Chloride channel	Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

Porin	Aquaporin (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9) • Voltage-dependent anion channel (1)

Cations: TRP	TRPA (1) • TRPC (1, 2, 3, 4, 4AP, 5, 6, 7) • TRPM (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) • TRPML (Mucolipin-1) • TRPP (1, 2) • TRPV (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Other/general	Voltage-gated ion channel • Ligand-gated ion channel • Cyclic nucleotide-gated ion channel (α1, α2, α3, β1, β3, H1, H2, H3, H4) • Stretch-activated ion channel