A homolog of an alpha type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit involved in the mediation of fast synaptic transmission at neuromuscular junctions.
Predicted to enable acetylcholine receptor activity; excitatory extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity; and transmitter-gated monoatomic ion channel activity involved in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential. Involved in chemical synaptic transmission. Predicted to be located in neuron projection and synapse. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Alzheimer's disease; Lewy body dementia; carcinoma (multiple); and inflammatory bowel disease (multiple). Is an ortholog of human CHRFAM7A (CHRNA7 (exons 5-10) and FAM7A (exons A-E) fusion) and CHRNA7 (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 7 subunit).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.