CHRNA2

CHRNA2
Identifiers
Aliases	CHRNA2, cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 2 subunit
External IDs	OMIM: 118502; MGI: 87886; HomoloGene: 20193; GeneCards: CHRNA2; OMA:CHRNA2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 8 (human) Band 8p21.2 Start 27,459,756 bp End 27,479,883 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 14 (mouse) Band 14 D1|14 34.36 cM Start 66,372,488 bp End 66,390,397 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in gonad lateral nuclear group of thalamus secondary oocyte prostate prefrontal cortex inferior ganglion of vagus nerve right frontal lobe periodontal fiber renal medulla bone Top expressed in neural layer of retina granulocyte muscle of thigh proximal tubule superior frontal gyrus dentate gyrus of hippocampal formation granule cell thoracic diaphragm cerebellar cortex primary visual cortex lobe of prostate More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function acetylcholine binding acetylcholine receptor activity ion channel activity extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity ligand-gated ion channel activity acetylcholine-gated cation-selective channel activity transmembrane signaling receptor activity Cellular component integral component of membrane acetylcholine-gated channel complex postsynaptic membrane membrane plasma membrane synapse cell junction cell periphery integral component of plasma membrane neuron projection Biological process protein heterooligomerization response to nicotine synaptic transmission, cholinergic ion transport neuromuscular synaptic transmission signal transduction regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential excitatory postsynaptic potential ion transmembrane transport chemical synaptic transmission regulation of membrane potential nervous system process transmembrane transport Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 1135 110902 Ensembl ENSG00000120903 ENSMUSG00000022041 UniProt Q15822 Q91X60 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000742 NM_001282455 NM_001347705 NM_001347706 NM_001347707 NM_001347708 NM_144803 RefSeq (protein) NP_000733 NP_001269384 NP_001334634 NP_001334635 NP_001334636 NP_001334637 NP_659052 Location (UCSC) Chr 8: 27.46 – 27.48 Mb Chr 14: 66.37 – 66.39 Mb PubMed search
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Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-2, also known as nAChRα2, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CHRNA2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a subunit of certain nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAchR).

Function

Knockout of this gene in mice potentiates nicotine-modulated behaviors. Using two different genetically modified mutant mouse lines (Chrna2L9'S/L9'S and Chrna2KO), findings highlight that α2* nAChRs influence hippocampus-dependent learning and memory and CA1 synaptic plasticity in adolescent mice.

See also

• Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Further reading

• Hogg RC, Raggenbass M, Bertrand D (2003). "Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: from structure to brain function". Rev. Physiol. Biochem. Pharmacol. Reviews of Physiology, Biochemistry and Pharmacology. 147: 1–46. doi:10.1007/s10254-003-0005-1. ISBN 978-3-540-01365-5. PMID 12783266.
• Wood S, Schertzer M, Yaremko ML (1995). "Identification of the human neuronal nicotinic cholinergic alpha 2 receptor locus, (CHRNA2), within an 8p21 mapped locus, by sequence homology with rat DNA". Somat. Cell Mol. Genet. 21 (2): 147–50. doi:10.1007/BF02255790. PMID 7570187.
• García-Colunga J, Miledi R (1995). "Effects of serotonergic agents on neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (7): 2919–23. doi:10.1073/pnas.92.7.2919. PMC 42330. PMID 7708749.
• Elliott KJ, Ellis SB, Berckhan KJ, et al. (1997). "Comparative structure of human neuronal alpha 2-alpha 7 and beta 2-beta 4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits and functional expression of the alpha 2, alpha 3, alpha 4, alpha 7, beta 2, and beta 4 subunits". J. Mol. Neurosci. 7 (3): 217–28. doi:10.1007/BF02736842. PMID 8906617.
• Chavez-Noriega LE, Crona JH, Washburn MS, et al. (1997). "Pharmacological characterization of recombinant human neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors h alpha 2 beta 2, h alpha 2 beta 4, h alpha 3 beta 2, h alpha 3 beta 4, h alpha 4 beta 2, h alpha 4 beta 4 and h alpha 7 expressed in Xenopus oocytes". J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 280 (1): 346–56. PMID 8996215.
• Navaneetham D, Penn A, Howard J, Conti-Fine BM (1997). "Expression of the alpha 7 subunit of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in normal and myasthenic human thymuses". Cell. Mol. Biol. (Noisy-le-grand). 43 (3): 433–42. PMID 9193799.
• Sato KZ, Fujii T, Watanabe Y, et al. (1999). "Diversity of mRNA expression for muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes and neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits in human mononuclear leukocytes and leukemic cell lines". Neurosci. Lett. 266 (1): 17–20. doi:10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00259-1. PMID 10336173.
• Bertrand D, Picard F, Le Hellard S, et al. (2002). "How mutations in the nAChRs can cause ADNFLE epilepsy". Epilepsia. 43 Suppl 5: 112–22. doi:10.1046/j.1528-1157.43.s.5.16.x. PMID 12121305.
• Jin P, Fu GK, Wilson AD, et al. (2004). "PCR isolation and cloning of novel splice variant mRNAs from known drug target genes". Genomics. 83 (4): 566–71. doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2003.09.023. PMID 15028279.
• Kimura K, Wakamatsu A, Suzuki Y, et al. (2006). "Diversification of transcriptional modulation: Large-scale identification and characterization of putative alternative promoters of human genes". Genome Res. 16 (1): 55–65. doi:10.1101/gr.4039406. PMC 1356129. PMID 16344560.
• Nusbaum C, Mikkelsen TS, Zody MC, et al. (2006). "DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 8". Nature. 439 (7074): 331–5. doi:10.1038/nature04406. PMID 16421571.
• Aridon P, Marini C, Di Resta C, et al. (2006). "Increased Sensitivity of the Neuronal Nicotinic Receptor α2 Subunit Causes Familial Epilepsy with Nocturnal Wandering and Ictal Fear". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 79 (2): 342–50. doi:10.1086/506459. PMC 1559502. PMID 16826524.

External links

• CHRNA2+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• Human CHRNA2 genome location and CHRNA2 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.