acr-8 AcetylCholine Receptor [Caenorhabditis elegans] - Gene

Summary

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Official Symbol: acr-8
Official Full Name: AcetylCholine Receptor
Primary source: WormBase:WBGene00000047
Locus tag: CELE_ZC504.2
See related: AllianceGenome:WB:WBGene00000047
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Caenorhabditis elegans (strain: Bristol N2)
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Rhabditida; Rhabditina; Rhabditomorpha; Rhabditoidea; Rhabditidae; Peloderinae; Caenorhabditis
Summary: Predicted to enable acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity. Predicted to be involved in chemical synaptic transmission; monoatomic ion transmembrane transport; and regulation of membrane potential. Predicted to be located in postsynaptic membrane. Predicted to be part of acetylcholine-gated channel complex. Predicted to be active in neuron projection; plasma membrane; and synapse. Is expressed in body wall musculature; enteric muscle; nerve ring; neurons; and vulval muscle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including alcohol dependence; autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (multiple); congenital myasthenic syndrome (multiple); gastrointestinal system cancer (multiple); and respiratory system cancer (multiple). Orthologous to several human genes including CHRNA1 (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 1 subunit); CHRNA3 (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 3 subunit); and CHRNA6 (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 6 subunit). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Dec 2024]
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Genomic context

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Location:: chromosome: X

Exon count:: 12

Sequence:: Chromosome: X; NC_003284.9 (10412725..10416661)

Chromosome X - NC_003284.9 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:: NC_003284.9

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Interactions

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

General gene information

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Markers

ZC504.2 (e-PCR)
- UniSTS:308232

Homology

Orthologs from OrthoDB

Gene Ontology Provided by WormBase

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables monoatomic ion channel activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables transmembrane signaling receptor activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in cellular response to stimulus	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in chemical synaptic transmission	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in chemical synaptic transmission	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in excitatory postsynaptic potential	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in monoatomic ion transmembrane transport	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in monoatomic ion transmembrane transport	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in monoatomic ion transport	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in regulation of membrane potential	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
part_of acetylcholine-gated channel complex	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in neuron projection	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
is_active_in plasma membrane	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in plasma membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in postsynaptic membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in synapse	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in synapse	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

General protein information

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Preferred Names: AcetylCholine Receptor

NP_001361818.1

Product from WormBase gene class acr;
Confirmed by transcript evidence

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

NC_003284.9 Reference assembly

Range

10412725..10416661

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mRNA and Protein(s)

NM_001375112.3 → NP_001361818.1 AcetylCholine Receptor [Caenorhabditis elegans]

Status: REVIEWED

UniProtKB/TrEMBL

A0A2S0RPX3, F2YQX1, Q23355

Conserved Domains (2) summary

cl28912
Location:24 → 255

LGIC_ECD; extracellular domain (ECD) of Cys-loop neurotransmitter-gated ion channels (also known as ligand-gated ion channel (LGIC))

pfam02932
Location:260 → 476

Neur_chan_memb; Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel transmembrane region