Human Gene CHRNA1 (ENST00000348749.9) from GENCODE V44
  Description: Homo sapiens cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 1 subunit (CHRNA1), transcript variant 2, mRNA. (from RefSeq NM_000079)
RefSeq Summary (NM_000079): The muscle acetylcholine receptor consiststs of 5 subunits of 4 different types: 2 alpha subunits and 1 each of the beta, gamma, and delta subunits. This gene encodes an alpha subunit that plays a role in acetlycholine binding/channel gating. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2012].
Gencode Transcript: ENST00000348749.9
Gencode Gene: ENSG00000138435.16
Transcript (Including UTRs)
   Position: hg38 chr2:174,747,592-174,764,472 Size: 16,881 Total Exon Count: 9 Strand: -
Coding Region
   Position: hg38 chr2:174,748,124-174,764,394 Size: 16,271 Coding Exon Count: 9 

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Data last updated at UCSC: 2023-08-18 00:09:47

-  Sequence and Links to Tools and Databases
 
Genomic Sequence (chr2:174,747,592-174,764,472)mRNA (may differ from genome)Protein (457 aa)
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-  Comments and Description Text from UniProtKB
  ID: Q53SH4_HUMAN
DESCRIPTION: SubName: Full=Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 1 (Muscle), isoform CRA_a; SubName: Full=Putative uncharacterized protein CHRNA1; SubName: Full=cDNA FLJ77888, highly similar to Human muscle acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit; SubName: Full=cDNA, FLJ96344, Homo sapiens cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 1(muscle) (CHRNA1), mRNA;
SIMILARITY: Belongs to the ligand-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.9) family.

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-  MalaCards Disease Associations
  MalaCards Gene Search: CHRNA1
Diseases sorted by gene-association score: myasthenic syndrome, congenital, 1a, slow-channel* (1231), myasthenic syndrome, congenital, 1b, fast-channel* (1231), multiple pterygium syndrome, lethal type* (912), slow-channel congenital myasthenic syndrome* (419), postsynaptic congenital myasthenic syndromes* (111), chrna1-related multiple pterygium syndrome, lethal type* (100), chrna1-related congenital myasthenic syndrome* (100), myasthenia gravis (32), escobar syndrome (17), congenital myasthenic syndrome (11), fetal akinesia deformation sequence (6), neuromuscular junction disease (6), oligohydramnios (6), deafness, autosomal recessive 25 (5)
* = Manually curated disease association

-  Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (CTD)
  The following chemicals interact with this gene           more ... click here to view the complete list

-  RNA-Seq Expression Data from GTEx (53 Tissues, 570 Donors)
  Highest median expression: 23.39 RPKM in Muscle - Skeletal
Total median expression: 28.50 RPKM



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-  mRNA Secondary Structure of 3' and 5' UTRs
 
RegionFold EnergyBasesEnergy/Base
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5' UTR -19.5078-0.250 Picture PostScript Text
3' UTR -125.70532-0.236 Picture PostScript Text

The RNAfold program from the Vienna RNA Package is used to perform the secondary structure predictions and folding calculations. The estimated folding energy is in kcal/mol. The more negative the energy, the more secondary structure the RNA is likely to have.

-  Protein Domain and Structure Information
  InterPro Domains: Graphical view of domain structure
IPR006202 - Neur_chan_lig-bd
IPR006201 - Neur_channel
IPR006029 - Neurotrans-gated_channel_TM
IPR018000 - Neurotransmitter_ion_chnl_CS
IPR002394 - Nicotinic_acetylcholine_rcpt

Pfam Domains:
PF02931 - Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel ligand binding domain
PF02932 - Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel transmembrane region

ModBase Predicted Comparative 3D Structure on Q53SH4
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-  Orthologous Genes in Other Species
  Orthologies between human, mouse, and rat are computed by taking the best BLASTP hit, and filtering out non-syntenic hits. For more distant species reciprocal-best BLASTP hits are used. Note that the absence of an ortholog in the table below may reflect incomplete annotations in the other species rather than a true absence of the orthologous gene.
MouseRatZebrafishD. melanogasterC. elegansS. cerevisiae
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-  Gene Ontology (GO) Annotations with Structured Vocabulary
  Molecular Function:
GO:0004888 transmembrane signaling receptor activity
GO:0005216 ion channel activity
GO:0005230 extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity
GO:0022848 acetylcholine-gated cation-selective channel activity

Biological Process:
GO:0006811 ion transport
GO:0007165 signal transduction
GO:0034220 ion transmembrane transport
GO:0060078 regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential
GO:0060079 excitatory postsynaptic potential

Cellular Component:
GO:0005886 plasma membrane
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
GO:0030054 cell junction
GO:0045202 synapse
GO:0045211 postsynaptic membrane


-  Descriptions from all associated GenBank mRNAs
  BC043196 - Homo sapiens cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 1 (muscle), mRNA (cDNA clone IMAGE:5288924), with apparent retained intron.
AK299445 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ58615 complete cds, highly similar to Acetylcholine receptor protein subunit alpha precursor.
S77094 - nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit|AChR alpha subunit [human, thymic carcinoma, myasthenia gravis-associated thymoma patient 1494/88, mRNA Partial, 1676 nt].
Y00762 - Human mRNA for muscle acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit.
JD500866 - Sequence 481890 from Patent EP1572962.
JD244924 - Sequence 225948 from Patent EP1572962.
AK291338 - Homo sapiens cDNA FLJ77888 complete cds, highly similar to Human mRNA for muscle acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit.
JD411470 - Sequence 392494 from Patent EP1572962.
JD419373 - Sequence 400397 from Patent EP1572962.
JD503043 - Sequence 484067 from Patent EP1572962.
AK315312 - Homo sapiens cDNA, FLJ96344, Homo sapiens cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 1(muscle) (CHRNA1), mRNA.
BC006314 - Homo sapiens cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 1 (muscle), mRNA (cDNA clone IMAGE:4124038), with apparent retained intron.
KJ901339 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone ccsbBroadEn_10733 CHRNA1 gene, encodes complete protein.
KR710048 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone CCSBHm_00009235 CHRNA1 (CHRNA1) mRNA, encodes complete protein.
KR710049 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone CCSBHm_00009237 CHRNA1 (CHRNA1) mRNA, encodes complete protein.
KR710050 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone CCSBHm_00009238 CHRNA1 (CHRNA1) mRNA, encodes complete protein.
KR710051 - Synthetic construct Homo sapiens clone CCSBHm_00009239 CHRNA1 (CHRNA1) mRNA, encodes complete protein.
DQ323657 - Homo sapiens clone 66 muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mRNA, partial cds.
DQ323658 - Homo sapiens clone 67 muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor mRNA, partial cds.
JD050179 - Sequence 31203 from Patent EP1572962.

-  Biochemical and Signaling Pathways
  KEGG - Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
hsa04080 - Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction

BioCarta from NCI Cancer Genome Anatomy Project
h_botulinPathway - Blockade of Neurotransmitter Relase by Botulinum Toxin
h_agrPathway - Agrin in Postsynaptic Differentiation
h_no1Pathway - Actions of Nitric Oxide in the Heart

-  Other Names for This Gene
  Alternate Gene Symbols: ENST00000348749.1, ENST00000348749.2, ENST00000348749.3, ENST00000348749.4, ENST00000348749.5, ENST00000348749.6, ENST00000348749.7, ENST00000348749.8, hCG_1811440, NM_000079, Q53SH4, Q53SH4_HUMAN, uc002uje.1, uc002uje.2, uc002uje.3
UCSC ID: ENST00000348749.9
RefSeq Accession: NM_000079
Protein: Q53SH4 CCDS: CCDS2261.1

-  GeneReviews for This Gene
  GeneReviews article(s) related to gene CHRNA1:
cms (Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes Overview)

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