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Chrna5 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Chrna5
  • Name
    cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 5
  • Synonyms
    Acra-5, Acra5
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:87889
    NCBI Gene: 110835
  • Alliance
    gene page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    1 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr9:54888164-54915063 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 9, 29.84 cM
  • Mapping Data
    7 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    779 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • RFLP
    2
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_87889
 protein coding gene Chr9:54888112-54918704 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0034835
 protein coding gene Chr9:54051935-54087182 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0034816
 protein coding gene Chr9:52319930-52347397 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0034745
 protein coding gene Chr9:53513583-53545545 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0034808
 protein coding gene Chr9:52100541-52127816 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0034518
 protein coding gene Chr9:53978899-54005564 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0035327
 protein coding gene Chr9:55560615-55587674 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0032239
 protein coding gene Chr9:51734970-51762250 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0033840
 protein coding gene Chr9:54001934-54028593 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0034489
 protein coding gene Chr9:57496686-57526634 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0034648
 protein coding gene Chr9:52213718-52240556 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0034590
 protein coding gene Chr9:51417943-51445285 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0034731
 protein coding gene Chr9:54362540-54390772 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0034633
 protein coding gene Chr9:59013734-59041497 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0035349
 protein coding gene Chr9:53535189-53563077 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0033544
 protein coding gene Chr9:52195744-52223285 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0033379
 protein coding gene Chr9:53789358-53825493 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0033952
 protein coding gene Chr9:53496821-53528674 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    CHRNA5, cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 5 subunit
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    3
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    CHRNA5, cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 5 subunit
  • Synonyms
    LNCR2
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 1138
    neXtProt AC: NX_P30532
    UniProt: P30532

  • Chr Location
    15q25.1; chr15:78565520-78595269 (+)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    9 with human CHRNA5 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    6 phenotypes from 2 alleles in 2 genetic backgrounds
    1 phenotype from multigenic genotypes
    46 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Mice homozygous for a knock-out allele are less sensitive to nicotine-induced seizures and exhibit a significantly shorter latency time to seizure.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    43
  • GO References
    12
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
membraneless organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
    849
  • Tissues
    60
  • cDNA Data
    16
  • Literature Summary
    10
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000035594 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 26900 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000213960 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 1737 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000150942 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 467 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    • UniProt
      5 Sequences
    • Protein Ontology
      PR:000005458 neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-5
      (term hierarchy)
    • InterPro Domains
      IPR038050 Neuronal acetylcholine receptor
      IPR006201 Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel
      IPR018000 Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel, conserved site
      IPR006202 Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel ligand-binding domain
      IPR036734 Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel ligand-binding domain superfamily
      IPR006029 Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel transmembrane domain
      IPR036719 Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel transmembrane domain superfamily
      IPR002394 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
    • GlyGen
      Q2MKA5 3 sites
    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 22
      cDNA 18
      Primer pair 3
      Other 1

      Microarray probesets 2
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-1058, MGD-MRK-1062
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 99
      Developmental Gene Expression 10
      Gene Ontology 12
      Phenotypes 46
    • Earliest
      J:11050 Eng CM, et al., Mapping of multiple subunits of the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor to chromosome 15 in man and chromosome 9 in mouse. Genomics. 1991 Feb;9(2):278-82
    • Latest
      J:350122 Tsuzuki A, et al., Abundant extrasynaptic expression of alpha3beta4-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the medial habenula-interpeduncular nucleus pathway in mice. Sci Rep. 2024 Jun 20;14(1):14193
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