CHRFAM7A

CHRNA7 (cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 7, exons 5-10) and FAM7A (family with sequence similarity 7A, exons A-E) fusion
Identifiers
SymbolsCHRFAM7A ; CHRNA7; CHRNA7-DR1; D-10
External IDsOMIM: 609756 GeneCards: CHRFAM7A Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez89832n/a
EnsemblENSG00000166664n/a
UniProtP36544n/a
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_139320n/a
RefSeq (protein)NP_647536n/a
Location (UCSC)Chr 15:
30.65 – 30.69 Mb
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PubMed searchn/a

CHRNA7-FAM7A fusion protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CHRFAM7A gene.[1][2]

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are members of a superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast signal transmission at synapses. The family member CHRNA7, which is located on chromosome 15 in a region associated with several neuropsychiatric disorders, is partially duplicated and forms a hybrid with a novel gene from the family with sequence similarity 7 (FAM7A). Alternative splicing has been observed, and two variants exist, for this hybrid gene. The N-terminally truncated products predicted by the largest open reading frames for each variant would lack the majority of the neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel ligand binding domain but retain the transmembrane region that forms the ion channel. Although current evidence supports transcription of this hybrid gene, translation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-like protein-encoding open reading frames has not been confirmed.[2]

References

  1. Riley B, Williamson M, Collier D, Wilkie H, Makoff A (Feb 2002). "A 3-Mb map of a large Segmental duplication overlapping the alpha7-nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene (CHRNA7) at human 15q13-q14". Genomics 79 (2): 197–209. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6694. PMID 11829490.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: CHRFAM7A CHRNA7 (cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 7, exons 5-10) and FAM7A (family with sequence similarity 7A, exons A-E) fusion".

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