P02708 (ACHA_HUMAN) Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
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| Protein names | Recommended name: Acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha | ||||
| Gene names |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens (Human) [Reference proteome] | ||||
| Taxonomic identifier | 9606 [NCBI] | ||||
| Taxonomic lineage | Eukaryota › Metazoa › Chordata › Craniata › Vertebrata › Euteleostomi › Mammalia › Eutheria › Euarchontoglires › Primates › Haplorrhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Homo![]() |
Protein attributes
| Sequence length | 482 AA. |
| Sequence status | Complete. |
| Sequence processing | The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form. |
| Protein existence | Evidence at protein level |
General annotation (Comments)
| Function | 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. |
| Subunit structure | Pentamer of two alpha chains, and one each of the beta, delta, and gamma (in immature muscle) or epsilon (in mature muscle) chains. |
| Subcellular location | Cell junction › synapse › postsynaptic cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. |
| Tissue specificity | Isoform 1 is only expressed in skeletal muscle. Isoform 2 is constitutively expressed in skeletal muscle, brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung and thymus. |
| Involvement in disease | Multiple pterygium syndrome, lethal type (LMPS) [MIM:253290]: Multiple pterygia are found infrequently in children with arthrogryposis and in fetuses with fetal akinesia syndrome. In lethal multiple pterygium syndrome there is intrauterine growth retardation, multiple pterygia, and flexion contractures causing severe arthrogryposis and fetal akinesia. Subcutaneous edema can be severe, causing fetal hydrops with cystic hygroma and lung hypoplasia. Oligohydramnios and facial anomalies are frequent. The alpha subunit is the main focus for antibody binding in myasthenia gravis. Myasthenia gravis is characterized by sporadic muscular fatigability and weakness, occurring chiefly in muscles innervated by cranial nerves, and characteristically improved by cholinesterase-inhibiting drugs. Myasthenic syndrome, congenital, slow-channel (SCCMS) [MIM:601462]: A common congenital myasthenic syndrome. Congenital myasthenic syndromes are characterized by muscle weakness affecting the axial and limb muscles (with hypotonia in early-onset forms), the ocular muscles (leading to ptosis and ophthalmoplegia), and the facial and bulbar musculature (affecting sucking and swallowing, and leading to dysphonia). The symptoms fluctuate and worsen with physical effort. Congenital myasthenic syndrome slow-channel type is caused by kinetic abnormalities of the AChR, resulting in prolonged endplate currents and prolonged AChR channel opening episodes. Myasthenic syndrome, congenital, fast-channel (FCCMS) [MIM:608930]: A congenital myasthenic syndrome characterized by kinetic abnormalities of the AChR. Due in most cases to mutations that decrease activity of the AChR by slowing the rate of opening of the receptor channel, speeding the rate of closure of the channel, or decreasing the number of openings of the channel during ACh occupancy. The result is failure to achieve threshold depolarization of the endplate and consequent failure to fire an action potential. |
| Sequence similarities | Belongs to the ligand-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.9) family. Acetylcholine receptor (TC 1.A.9.1) subfamily. Alpha-1/CHRNA1 sub-subfamily. [View classification] |
Ontologies
Alternative products
| This entry describes 2 isoforms produced by alternative splicing. [Align] [Select] | ||||||
| Isoform 2 (identifier: P02708-1) This isoform has been chosen as the 'canonical' sequence. All positional information in this entry refers to it. This is also the sequence that appears in the downloadable versions of the entry. | ||||||
| Isoform 1 (identifier: P02708-2) The sequence of this isoform differs from the canonical sequence as follows: 79-103: Missing. |
Sequence annotation (Features)
| Feature key | Position(s) | Length | Description | Graphical view | Feature identifier | ||||||
Molecule processing | |||||||||||
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| Signal peptide | 1 – 20 | 20 | Ref.7 | ||||||||
| Chain | 21 – 482 | 462 | Acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha | PRO_0000000305 | |||||||
Regions | |||||||||||
| Topological domain | 21 – 255 | 235 | Extracellular | ||||||||
| Transmembrane | 256 – 280 | 25 | Helical | ||||||||
| Transmembrane | 288 – 306 | 19 | Helical | ||||||||
| Transmembrane | 322 – 341 | 20 | Helical | ||||||||
| Topological domain | 342 – 453 | 112 | Cytoplasmic | ||||||||
| Transmembrane | 454 – 472 | 19 | Helical | ||||||||
Amino acid modifications | |||||||||||
| Glycosylation | 186 | 1 | N-linked (GlcNAc...) Potential | ||||||||
| Disulfide bond | 173 ↔ 187 | ||||||||||
| Disulfide bond | 237 ↔ 238 | Associated with receptor activation | |||||||||
Natural variations | |||||||||||
| Alternative sequence | 79 – 103 | 25 | Missing in isoform 1. | VSP_000071 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 177 | 1 | V → L in FCCMS; mutant channel shows an approximately 30-fold decrease of ACh binding affinity for the second of 2 closed-state binding sites but only a 2-fold decrease in gating efficiency. Ref.16 | VAR_038599 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 198 | 1 | G → S in SCCMS. Ref.10 Ref.12 | VAR_000282 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 201 | 1 | V → M in SCCMS. Ref.12 | VAR_000283 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 254 | 1 | R → L in LMPS. Ref.19 | VAR_043904 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 262 | 1 | N → K in SCCMS. Ref.11 | VAR_000284 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 278 | 1 | F → V in FCCMS; markedly reduced protein expression. Ref.14 | VAR_021206 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 294 | 1 | V → F in SCCMS; causes increased channel opening in absence of ACh; prolonged opening in presence of ACh; increased affinity for ACh and enhanced desensitization. Ref.13 | VAR_021207 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 299 | 1 | T → I in SCCMS. Ref.12 | VAR_000285 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 301 | 1 | F → L in FCCMS; fewer and shorter ion channel activations with decreased channel opening rate and increased channel closing rate. Ref.17 | VAR_021208 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 314 | 1 | S → I in SCCMS. Ref.12 | VAR_000286 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 330 | 1 | V → I in FCCMS; abnormally slow channel opening and closing resulting in abnormally brief current. Ref.14 | VAR_021209 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 383 | 1 | D → V. Corresponds to variant rs6739001 [ dbSNP | Ensembl ]. | VAR_038600 | |||||||
| Natural variant | 463 | 1 | C → W in SCCMS; increases the rate of channel opening and slows the rate of channel closing but has no effect on agonist binding. Ref.18 | VAR_038601 | |||||||
Experimental info | |||||||||||
| Sequence conflict | 415 | 1 | P → F in AAD14247. Ref.4 | ||||||||
Sequences
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References
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| [1] | "Cloning and sequence analysis of calf cDNA and human genomic DNA encoding alpha-subunit precursor of muscle acetylcholine receptor." Noda M., Furutani Y., Takahashi H., Toyosato M., Tanabe T., Shimizu S., Kikyotani S., Kayano T., Hirose T., Inayama S., Numa S. Nature 305:818-823(1983) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA]. |
| [2] | "The human medulloblastoma cell line TE671 expresses a muscle-like acetylcholine receptor. Cloning of the alpha-subunit cDNA." Schoepfer R., Luther M., Lindstrom J.M. FEBS Lett. 226:235-240(1988) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 1). |
| [3] | "The human muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit exist as two isoforms: a novel exon." Beeson D., Morris A., Vincent A., Newsom-Davis J. EMBO J. 9:2101-2106(1990) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA], ALTERNATIVE SPLICING (ISOFORM 2). Tissue: Muscle. |
| [4] | "Cloning of a cDNA coding for the acetylcholine receptor alpha-subunit from a thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis." Gattenloehner S., Brabletz T., Schultz A., Marx A., Mueller-Hermelink H.-K., Kirchner T. Thymus 23:103-113(1994) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (ISOFORM 1). Tissue: Thymus. |
| [5] | "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs." Ota T., Suzuki Y., Nishikawa T., Otsuki T., Sugiyama T., Irie R., Wakamatsu A., Hayashi K., Sato H., Nagai K., Kimura K., Makita H., Sekine M., Obayashi M., Nishi T., Shibahara T., Tanaka T., Ishii S. Sugano S.Nat. Genet. 36:40-45(2004) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA] (ISOFORM 2). Tissue: Tongue. |
| [6] | Mural R.J., Istrail S., Sutton G.G., Florea L., Halpern A.L., Mobarry C.M., Lippert R., Walenz B., Shatkay H., Dew I., Miller J.R., Flanigan M.J., Edwards N.J., Bolanos R., Fasulo D., Halldorsson B.V., Hannenhalli S., Turner R. Venter J.C.Submitted (SEP-2005) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. |
| [7] | "Amphipathic segment of the nicotinic receptor alpha subunit contains epitopes recognized by T lymphocytes in myasthenia gravis." Hohlfeld R., Toyka K.V., Miner L.L., Walgrave S.L., Conti-Tronconi B.M. J. Clin. Invest. 81:657-660(1988) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 21-482 (ISOFORM 1). |
| [8] | "Differential expression of human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit variants in muscle and non-muscle tissues." Talib S., Okarma T.B., Lebkowski J.S. Nucleic Acids Res. 21:233-237(1993) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 78-113. |
| [9] | "Quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis of T cell receptor signaling reveals system-wide modulation of protein-protein interactions." Mayya V., Lundgren D.H., Hwang S.-I., Rezaul K., Wu L., Eng J.K., Rodionov V., Han D.K. Sci. Signal. 2:RA46-RA46(2009) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: IDENTIFICATION BY MASS SPECTROMETRY [LARGE SCALE ANALYSIS]. Tissue: Leukemic T-cell. |
| [10] | "Mutation of the acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit causes a slow-channel myasthenic syndrome by enhancing agonist binding affinity." Sine S.M., Ohno K., Bouzat C., Auerbach A., Milone M., Pruitt J.N. II, Engel A.G. Neuron 15:229-239(1995) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT SCCMS SER-198. |
| [11] | "New mutations in acetylcholine receptor subunit genes reveal heterogeneity in the slow-channel congenital myasthenic syndrome." Engel A.G., Ohno K., Milone M., Wang H.-L., Nakano S., Bouzat C., Pruitt J.N. II, Hutchinson D.O., Brengman J.M., Bren N., Sieb J.P., Sine S.M. Hum. Mol. Genet. 5:1217-1227(1996) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT SCCMS LYS-262. |
| [12] | "Mutations in different functional domains of the human muscle acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit in patients with the slow-channel congenital myasthenic syndrome." Croxen R., Newland C., Beeson D., Oosterhuis H., Chauplannaz G., Vincent A., Newsom-Davis J. Hum. Mol. Genet. 6:767-774(1997) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANTS SCCMS SER-198; MET-201; ILE-299 AND ILE-314. |
| [13] | "Slow-channel myasthenic syndrome caused by enhanced activation, desensitization, and agonist binding affinity attributable to mutation in the M2 domain of the acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit." Milone M., Wang H.-L., Ohno K., Fukudome T., Pruitt J.N. II, Bren N., Sine S.M., Engel A.G. J. Neurosci. 17:5651-5665(1997) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT SCCMS PHE-294, CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT SCCMS PHE-294. |
| [14] | "Acetylcholine receptor M3 domain: stereochemical and volume contributions to channel gating." Wang H.-L., Milone M., Ohno K., Shen X.-M., Tsujino A., Batocchi A.-P., Tonali P., Brengman J., Engel A.G., Sine S.M. Nat. Neurosci. 2:226-233(1999) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANTS FCCMS VAL-278 AND ILE-330, CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANTS FCCMS VAL-278 AND ILE-330. |
| [15] | Erratum Wang H.-L., Milone M., Ohno K., Shen X.-M., Tsujino A., Batocchi A.-P., Tonali P., Brengman J., Engel A.G., Sine S.M. Nat. Neurosci. 2:485-485(1999) |
| [16] | "Mutation causing severe myasthenia reveals functional asymmetry of AChR signature cystine loops in agonist binding and gating." Shen X.-M., Ohno K., Tsujino A., Brengman J.M., Gingold M., Sine S.M., Engel A.G. J. Clin. Invest. 111:497-505(2003) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT FCCMS LEU-177, CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT FCCMS LEU-177. |
| [17] | "Mutation in the AChR ion channel gate underlies a fast channel congenital myasthenic syndrome." Webster R., Brydson M., Croxen R., Newsom-Davis J., Vincent A., Beeson D. Neurology 62:1090-1096(2004) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT FCCMS LEU-301, CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT FCCMS LEU-301. |
| [18] | "Slow-channel mutation in acetylcholine receptor alphaM4 domain and its efficient knockdown." Shen X.-M., Deymeer F., Sine S.M., Engel A.G. Ann. Neurol. 60:128-136(2006) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT SCCMS TRP-463, CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT SCCMS TRP-463. |
| [19] | "Acetylcholine receptor pathway mutations explain various fetal akinesia deformation sequence disorders." Michalk A., Stricker S., Becker J., Rupps R., Pantzar T., Miertus J., Botta G., Naretto V.G., Janetzki C., Yaqoob N., Ott C.-E., Seelow D., Wieczorek D., Fiebig B., Wirth B., Hoopmann M., Walther M., Koerber F. Hoffmann K.Am. J. Hum. Genet. 82:464-476(2008) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract] Cited for: VARIANT LMPS LEU-254. |
| + | Additional computationally mapped references. |
Web resources
Cross-references
Sequence databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| EMBL GenBank DDBJ | X02502 X02508 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAA26344.1.Y00762 mRNA. Translation: CAA68731.1. X17104 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAA34960.1. AK299445 mRNA. Translation: BAG61418.1. CH471058 Genomic DNA. Translation: EAX11125.1. CH471058 Genomic DNA. Translation: EAX11127.1. S77094 mRNA. Translation: AAD14247.1. X70108 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAA49705.1. Sequence problems. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IPI | IPI00022298. IPI00218234. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PIR | ACHUA1. A03168. S10148. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RefSeq | NP_000070.1. NM_000079.3. NP_001034612.1. NM_001039523.2. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UniGene | Hs.434479. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
3D structure databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PDBe RCSB PDB PDBj |
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| ProteinModelPortal | P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ModBase | Search... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Protein-protein interaction databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| STRING | 9606.ENSP00000261007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
PTM databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PhosphoSite | P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Polymorphism databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DMDM | 113071. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proteomic databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PaxDb | P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRIDE | P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Protocols and materials databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DNASU | 1134. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| StructuralBiologyKnowledgebase | Search... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genome annotation databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ensembl | ENST00000261007; ENSP00000261007; ENSG00000138435. ENST00000348749; ENSP00000261008; ENSG00000138435. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GeneID | 1134. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KEGG | hsa:1134. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCSC | uc002ujd.2. human. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Organism-specific databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CTD | 1134. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GeneCards | GC02M175612. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HGNC | HGNC:1955. CHRNA1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HPA | CAB010902. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MIM | 100690. gene. 253290. phenotype. 254200. phenotype. 601462. phenotype. 608930. phenotype. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| neXtProt | NX_P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Orphanet | 33108. Lethal multiple pterygium syndrome. 98913. Postsynaptic congenital myasthenic syndromes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PharmGKB | PA26487. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GenAtlas | Search... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Phylogenomic databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| eggNOG | NOG314424. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HOGENOM | HOG000006756. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HOVERGEN | HBG003756. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| InParanoid | P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| KO | K04803. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OMA | YSCCPDT. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PhylomeDB | P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Enzyme and pathway databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reactome | REACT_13685. Neuronal System. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gene expression databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ArrayExpress | P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bgee | P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CleanEx | HS_CHRNA1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genevestigator | P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GermOnline | ENSG00000138435. Homo sapiens. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Family and domain databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gene3D | 1.20.120.370. 2 hits. 2.70.170.10. 1 hit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| InterPro | IPR027361. Acetylcholine_rcpt_TM. IPR006202. Neur_chan_lig-bd. IPR006201. Neur_channel. IPR006029. Neurotrans-gated_channel_TM. IPR018000. Neurotransmitter_ion_chnl_CS. IPR002394. Nicotinic_acetylcholine_rcpt. [Graphical view] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PANTHER | PTHR18945. PTHR18945. 1 hit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pfam | PF02931. Neur_chan_LBD. 2 hits. PF02932. Neur_chan_memb. 2 hits. [Graphical view] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PRINTS | PR00254. NICOTINICR. PR00252. NRIONCHANNEL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SUPFAM | SSF90112. Neu_channel_TM. 1 hit. SSF63712. Neur_chan_LBD. 1 hit. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PROSITE | PS00236. NEUROTR_ION_CHANNEL. 1 hit. [Graphical view] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ProtoNet | Search... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BindingDB | P02708. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ChEMBL | CHEMBL4808. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GenomeRNAi | 1134. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NextBio | 4716. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE | Search... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Entry information
| Entry name | ACHA_HUMAN | ||||||||
| Accession | Primary (citable) accession number: P02708 Secondary accession number(s): B4DRV6, D3DPE8 | ||||||||
| Entry history |
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| Entry status | Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot) | ||||||||
| Annotation program | Chordata Protein Annotation Program | ||||||||
| Disclaimer | Any medical or genetic information present in this entry is provided for research, educational and informational purposes only. It is not in any way intended to be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or care. | ||||||||
Relevant documents
| Human chromosome 2 Human chromosome 2: entries, gene names and cross-references to MIM |
| Human entries with polymorphisms or disease mutations List of human entries with polymorphisms or disease mutations |
| Human polymorphisms and disease mutations Index of human polymorphisms and disease mutations |
| MIM cross-references Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (MIM) cross-references in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot |
| PDB cross-references Index of Protein Data Bank (PDB) cross-references |
| SIMILARITY comments Index of protein domains and families |

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