======= CHRNA6 ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: CHRNA6 * **Official Name**: cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 6 subunit * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=8973|8973]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q15825|Q15825]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=CHRNA6&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20CHRNA6|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/606888|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: N/A * **UniProt Summary**: After binding acetylcholine, the AChR responds by an extensive change in conformation that affects all subunits and leads to opening of an ion-conducting channel across the plasma membrane. |Neur chan LBD| |Neur chan memb| |dopaminergic synapse| |acetylcholine receptor activity| |acetylcholine-gated cation-selective channel activity| |acetylcholine binding| |acetylcholine-gated channel complex| |synaptic transmission, cholinergic| |neuromuscular synaptic transmission| |regulation of dopamine secretion| |integral component of postsynaptic membrane| |extracellular ligand-gated ion channel activity| |response to nicotine| |membrane depolarization| |integral component of presynaptic membrane| |regulation of catecholamine secretion| |excitatory postsynaptic potential| |chemical synaptic transmission, postsynaptic| |regulation of synaptic vesicle exocytosis| |regulation of amine transport| |regulation of response to drug| |regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential| |regulation of neurotransmitter secretion| |regulation of synaptic vesicle cycle| |regulation of neurotransmitter transport| |regulation of regulated secretory pathway| |regulation of exocytosis| |synapse| |neuron projection| |regulation of neurotransmitter levels| |anterograde trans-synaptic signaling| |chemical synaptic transmission| |cell surface receptor signaling pathway involved in cell-cell signaling| |regulation of membrane potential| |trans-synaptic signaling| |modulation of chemical synaptic transmission| |regulation of trans-synaptic signaling| |synaptic signaling| |response to toxic substance| |cell junction| |regulation of vesicle-mediated transport| |regulation of ion transport| |regulation of secretion by cell| |regulation of secretion| |regulation of cellular localization| |ion transmembrane transport| |response to drug| |cell-cell signaling| |transmembrane transport| |ion transport| |nervous system process| |integral component of plasma membrane| |regulation of transport| |system process| \\ === CRISPR Data === ^Screen^Score^ |[[:results:exp95|BI-2536 0.0042μM R03 exp95]]|1.82| No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 14604 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: -0.84 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}