CHRNA2

Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal)
Identifiers
SymbolCHRNA2
External IDsOMIM: 118502 MGI: 87886 HomoloGene: 20193 IUPHAR: 463 ChEMBL: 1794 GeneCards: CHRNA2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez1135110902
EnsemblENSG00000120903ENSMUSG00000022041
UniProtQ15822Q91X60
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_000742NM_144803
RefSeq (protein)NP_000733NP_659052
Location (UCSC)Chr 8:
27.32 – 27.34 Mb
Chr 14:
66.14 – 66.15 Mb
PubMed search

Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-2 also known as nAChRα2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CHRNA2 gene.[1][2]

Function

Knockout of this gene in mice potentiates nicotine-modulated behaviors.[3]

See also

References

  1. Anand R, Lindstrom J (Sep 1992). "Chromosomal localization of seven neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes in humans". Genomics 13 (4): 962–7. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(92)90008-G. PMID 1505988.
  2. "Entrez Gene: CHRNA2 cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal)".
  3. Lotfipour S, Byun JS, Leach P, Fowler CD, Murphy NP, Kenny PJ, Gould TJ, Boulter J (May 2013). "Targeted Deletion of the Mouse α2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Gene (Chrna2) Potentiates Nicotine-Modulated Behaviors". J. Neurosci. 33 (18): 7728–41. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4731-12.2013. PMID 23637165.

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