nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha 1 subunit

Conjugation

Alexa Fluor 555
Note

For research use only.
Description

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha 1 subunit is a α- or alpha protein sometimes glycoprotein present in blood. The receptors are ligand binding factors of type 1, 2 or 3 and protein-molecules that receive chemical-signals from outside a cell. When such chemical-signals couple or bind to a receptor, they cause some form of cellular/tissue-response, e.g. a change in the electrical-activity of a cell. In this sense, am olfactory receptor is a protein-molecule that recognizes and responds to endogenous-chemical signals, chemokinesor cytokines e.g. an acetylcholine-receptor recognizes and responds to its endogenous-ligand, acetylcholine. However, sometimes in pharmacology, the term is also used to include other proteins that are drug-targets, such as enzymes, transporters and ion-channels.

Identity

HGNC:1955
Gene

CHRNA1
Long gene name

cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 1 subunit
Synonyms gene
- CHRNA
Synonyms gene name
- cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 1 (muscle)
- cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 1 (muscle)
- cholinergic receptor, nicotinic alpha 1
Synonyms name
- acetylcholine receptor, nicotinic, alpha 1 (muscle)
GenBank acession
- Y00762
Locus

2q31.1
Discovery year

1989-05-25
Entrez gene record

1134
Classification
- Cholinergic receptors nicotinic subunits
VEGA ID

OTTHUMG00000132357