SCN7A

Sodium channel protein type 7 subunit alpha is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCN7A gene on the chromosome specifically located at 2q21-23 chromosome site.[5][6] This is one of 10 Sodium channel types, and is expressed in the heart, the uterus and in glial cells. Its sequence identity is 48, and it is the only sodium channel known to be completely un-blockable by tetrodotoxin (TTX).[7]

SCN7A
Identifiers
AliasesSCN7A, NaG, Nav2.1, Nav2.2, SCN6A, sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 7
External IDsOMIM: 182392 MGI: 102965 HomoloGene: 55706 GeneCards: SCN7A
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 2 (human)[1]
Band2q24.3Start166,403,573 bp[1]
End166,611,482 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

6332

20272

Ensembl

ENSG00000136546

ENSMUSG00000034810

UniProt

Q01118

n/a

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002976

NM_009135

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002967

n/a

Location (UCSC)Chr 2: 166.4 – 166.61 MbChr 2: 66.67 – 66.78 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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See also

Scn7a is the name of the gene that encodes to a membrane protein, in particular a Sodium Channel Nax (also known as NaG, Nav2.1, etc.) It belongs to a family of Sodium Channel known as Voltage-Gated, but is not activated by changes in the membrane's voltage, as happen usually in the members of this family (Nav1.1 to Nav1.9); it activates by changes in the extracellular concentration of sodium [~150 mM].[7]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000136546 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000034810 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Plummer NW, Meisler MH (April 1999). "Evolution and diversity of mammalian sodium channel genes". Genomics. 57 (2): 323–31. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5735. PMID 10198179.
  6. "Entrez Gene: SCN7A sodium channel, voltage-gated, type VII, alpha".
  7. Hiyama TY, Watanabe E, Ono K, Inenaga K, Tamkun MM, Yoshida S, Noda M (June 2002). "Na(x) channel involved in CNS sodium-level sensing". Nature Neuroscience. 5 (6): 511–2. doi:10.1038/nn0602-856. PMID 11992118. S2CID 2994021.

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