靶标：
CHRNA4
产品别名：
BFNC； EBN； EBN1； NACHR； NACHRA4； NACRA4； CHRNA4； cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 4 subunit； cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 4 subunit； neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-4； cholinergic receptor, nicotinic alpha 4； cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 4 (neuronal)； cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 4； neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha-4 subunit； 烟碱型乙酰胆碱受体α4； 烟碱型胆碱受体α4(CHRNa4)；
背景信息：
This gene encodes a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, which belongs to a superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels that play a role in fast signal transmission at synapses. These pentameric receptors can bind acetylcholine, which causes an extensive change in conformation that leads to the opening of an ion-conducting channel across the plasma membrane. This protein is an integral membrane receptor subunit that can interact with either nAChR beta-2 or nAChR beta-4 to form a functional receptor. Mutations in this gene cause nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy type 1. Polymorphisms in this gene that provide protection against nicotine addiction have been described. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012],
