CHRNA7 Rabbit pAb

Polyclonal Antibodies

Store at -20°C. Avoid freeze / thaw cycles.|Buffer: PBS with 0.02% sodium azide, 50% glycerol, pH7.3.

The nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are members of a superfamily of ligand-gated ion channels that mediate fast signal transmission at synapses. The nAChRs are thought to be hetero-pentamers composed of homologous subunits. The proposed structure for each subunit is a conserved N-terminal extracellular domain followed by three conserved transmembrane domains, a variable cytoplasmic loop, a fourth conserved transmembrane domain, and a short C-terminal extracellular region. The protein encoded by this gene forms a homo-oligomeric channel, displays marked permeability to calcium ions and is a major component of brain nicotinic receptors that are blocked by, and highly sensitive to, alpha-bungarotoxin. Once this receptor binds acetylcholine, it undergoes an extensive change in conformation that affects all subunits and leads to opening of an ion-conducting channel across the plasma membrane. This gene is located in a region identified as a major susceptibility locus for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and a chromosomal location involved in the genetic transmission of schizophrenia. An evolutionarily recent partial duplication event in this region results in a hybrid containing sequence from this gene and a novel FAM7A gene. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants.

Recombinant fusion protein containing a sequence corresponding to amino acids 23-230 of human CHRNA7 (NP_001177384.1).

54kDa

Cancer, Endocrine Metabolism, Neuroscience, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Amyloid Plaque and Neurofibrillary Tangle Formation in Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases Markers, Other Neurological disorders, Cardiovascular, Angiogenesis.

1139

CHRNA7