CHRNA7

ENSG00000175344
Target class
Ion channel
Chromosome
15
Approved drugs
0
Clinical candidates (approved and in development)
17

Approved drugs
0
ClinGen gene-disease validity
Refuted
Clinical candidates (approved and in development)
17

Chemical probe available
No

Other names
  • a7nAChR
Target name
CHRNA7
Gene name
Cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 7 subunit
Gene symbol
CHRNA7
Protein name
Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-7 (nAChR7) (Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-7)

Gene biotype
Protein coding
Gene family
Cholinergic receptors nicotinic subunits
Target class
Ion channel
Target type
Human gene

Tissues expressed in
0
Highest tissue expression
0.77
Tissue specificity (Gini)
0.488
Tissue specificity (tau)
0.805

KEGG gene identifiers
  • hsa:1139
Reactome pathways
  • R-HSA-629594
Protein interaction confidence
0.853385
Protein interaction partners
13

End position
32173018
Start position
31923438
Chromosome
15
Strand
Forward

Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000175344
HGNC ID
NCBI Gene ID
1139
UniProt ID
P36544

  • Postsynaptic cell membrane
  • Multi-pass membrane protein . Cell membrane
  • Multi-pass membrane protein . Note=TMEM35A/NACHO promotes its trafficking to the cell membrane (PubMed:27789755). RIC3 promotes its trafficking to the cell membrane (By similarity). .

Publication evidence

Tissue specificity (tau)
0.80544
Expression inequality (Gini)
0.487583

Expression in transcripts per million

Testis
0.77
Thyroid
0.68
Ovary
0.59
Stomach
0.48
Small Intestine - Terminal Ileum
0.45

Expression in transcripts per million

  • Testis0.77
  • Thyroid0.68
  • Ovary0.59
  • Stomach0.48
  • Small Intestine - Terminal Ileum0.45
  • Brain - Frontal Cortex (BA9)0.39
  • Brain - Cortex0.33
  • Prostate0.28
  • Artery - Aorta0.27
  • Pancreas0.26
  • Pituitary0.23
  • Spleen0.23
  • Brain - Anterior cingulate cortex (BA24)0.22
  • Brain - Hypothalamus0.2
  • Vagina0.19
  • Uterus0.16
  • Cervix - Ectocervix0.16
  • Cervix - Endocervix0.15
  • Colon - Transverse0.14
  • Colon - Sigmoid0.14
  • Brain - Amygdala0.13
  • Nerve - Tibial0.12
  • Lung0.12
  • Esophagus - Muscularis0.12
  • Esophagus - Gastroesophageal Junction0.11

And 29 more, listed on the interactive page.

Related records

Trials (315)

Drugs (23)