CHRNA4 Antibody – Mouse Monoclonal

nAChRA4: a ligand-gated ion channels that binds acetylcholine and mediates fast signal transmission at synapses. After binding acetylcholine, these pentameric receptors undergo an extensive change in conformation that affects all subunits and leads to opening of an ion-conducting channel across the plasma membrane. An integral membrane receptor subunit that can interact with either nAChR beta-2 or nAChR beta-4 to form a functional receptor.

Protein type: Membrane protein, multi-pass; Membrane protein, integral; Channel, ligand-gated; Receptor, misc.

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 20q13.33

Cellular Component: nicotinic acetylcholine-gated receptor-channel complex; postsynaptic membrane; cell soma; membrane; dendrite; integral to membrane; plasma membrane; cell junction; external side of plasma membrane

Molecular Function: acetylcholine receptor activity; acetylcholine binding; nicotinic acetylcholine-activated cation-selective channel activity; ligand-gated ion channel activity

Biological Process: response to nicotine; regulation of action potential; B cell activation; behavioral response to nicotine; locomotory behavior; respiratory gaseous exchange; signal transduction; DNA repair; sensory perception of pain; regulation of dopamine secretion; synaptic transmission, cholinergic; neurological system process; regulation of inhibitory postsynaptic membrane potential; synaptic transmission; membrane depolarization; regulation of membrane potential; calcium ion transport; response to hypoxia; ion transport; response to oxidative stress; cognition

Disease: Epilepsy, Nocturnal Frontal Lobe, 1; Tobacco Addiction, Susceptibility To