CHRNA3

CHRNA3
Available structures
PDB	Ortholog search: PDBe RCSB
List of PDB id codes
	4ZK4
Identifiers
Aliases	CHRNA3, LNCR2, NACHRA3, PAOD2, cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 3 subunit, BAIPRCK
External IDs	OMIM: 118503; MGI: 87887; HomoloGene: 591; GeneCards: CHRNA3; OMA:CHRNA3 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 15 (human)
End	78,621,295 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 9 (mouse)
End	54,933,846 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	retinal pigment epithelium; ; thymus; ; gonad; ; buccal mucosa cell; ; secondary oocyte; ; testicle; ; muscle layer of sigmoid colon; ; lateral nuclear group of thalamus; ; appendix; ; rectum;
	Top expressed in
	lumbar spinal ganglion; ; habenula; ; superior cervical ganglion; ; pineal gland; ; neural tube; ; adrenal gland; ; gray matter layer of cerebellum; ; stellate ganglion; ; trigeminal ganglion; ; embryo;
	More reference expression data
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	ion channel activity; ligand-gated ion channel activity; extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity; acetylcholine binding; acetylcholine receptor activity; transmembrane signaling receptor activity; protein binding; acetylcholine-gated cation-selective channel activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; postsynaptic membrane; membrane; plasma membrane; synapse; cell junction; dendrite; acetylcholine-gated channel complex; postsynaptic density; soma; integral component of plasma membrane; neuron projection; plasma membrane raft;
Biological process	locomotory behavior; regulation of smooth muscle contraction; regulation of membrane potential; regulation of acetylcholine secretion, neurotransmission; synaptic transmission, cholinergic; ion transport; cation transmembrane transport; nervous system development; behavioral response to nicotine; regulation of dendrite morphogenesis; synaptic transmission involved in micturition; excitatory postsynaptic potential; transport; activation of transmembrane receptor protein tyrosine kinase activity; signal transduction; ion transmembrane transport; chemical synaptic transmission; neuromuscular synaptic transmission; response to nicotine; nervous system process; acetylcholine receptor signaling pathway; response to acetylcholine;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	1136
	110834
	ENSG00000080644
	ENSMUSG00000032303
	P32297
	Q8R4G9
	NM_000743; NM_001166694
	NM_145129
	NP_000734; NP_001160166
	NP_660111
	Wikidata
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Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-3, also known as nAChRα3, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CHRNA3 gene.^[5]^[6] The protein encoded by this gene is a subunit of certain nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAchR). Research with mecamylamine in animals has implicated alpha-3-containing nAChRs in the abusive and addictive properties of ethanol.