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CHRNA2 Gene

protein-coding GIFtS: 66
GCID: GC08M027374

cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal)

(Previous names: cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 2 (neuronal)...)

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Aliases
Cholinergic Receptor, Nicotinic, Alpha 2 (Neuronal)¹ ²
Cholinergic Receptor, Nicotinic, Alpha Polypeptide 2 (Neuronal)¹ ²
Acetylcholine Receptor, Nicotinic, Alpha 2 (Neuronal)²
Neuronal Acetylcholine Receptor Subunit Alpha-2²

External Ids:	HGNC: 1956¹	Entrez Gene: 1135²	Ensembl: ENSG00000120903⁷	OMIM: 118502⁵	UniProtKB: Q15822³

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Previous GC identifers: GC08M027100 GC08M027823 GC08M027340 GC08M025862

(According to Entrez Gene, Tocris Bioscience, Wikipedia's Gene Wiki, PharmGKB,
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Entrez Gene summary for CHRNA2:

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels formed by a pentameric arrangement of alpha

and beta subunits to create distinct muscle and neuronal receptors. Neuronal receptors are found throughout the

peripheral and central nervous system where they are involved in fast synaptic transmission. This gene encodes an

alpha subunit that is widely expressed in the brain. The proposed structure for nAChR subunits 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. Mutations in this gene cause

autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy type 4. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in this gene have

been associated with nicotine dependence. (provided by RefSeq, Nov 2009)

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: ACHA2_HUMAN, Q15822

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

summary for CHRNA2:

Nicotinic receptors (nAChRs) are ligand-gated ion channels that modulate cell membrane potentials. Each

receptor is composed of pentameric combinations of subunits (alpha1-10, beta1-4, delta, epsilon and gamma).

Nicotinic receptors are generally divided into three functional classes: muscle subunits (alpha1, beta1,

delta, epsilon, gamma), standard neuronal subunits (alpha1-6 and beta2-4) that form in pairwise alphabeta

combinations, and subunits (alpha7-9) that can form homomeric nAChRs. Neuronal nicotinic receptors are found

in the central nervous system and in autonomic ganglia where they regulate processes such as transmitter

release, cell excitability and neuronal integration. Nicotinic receptors located at the neuromuscular

junctions of somatic muscles are responsible for muscular contraction.

Gene Wiki entry for CHRNA2

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Entrez Gene (NCBI build 37),
and/or miRBase,
Genomic Views according to UCSC (hg19) and Ensembl (release 69), Regulatory elements and Epigenetics data according to QIAGEN, SABiosciences, and/or SwitchGear Genomics)
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RefSeq DNA sequence:

NC_000008.10 NC_018919.1 NT_167187.1

Regulatory elements:

SABiosciences Regulatory transcription factor binding sites in the CHRNA2 gene promoter:
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Epigenetics:

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Genomic Location:
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Entrez Gene cytogenetic band: 8p21 Ensembl cytogenetic band: 8p21.2 HGNC cytogenetic band: 8p21

CHRNA2 Gene in genomic location: bands according to Ensembl, locations according to (and/or Entrez Gene and/or Ensembl if different)
CHRNA2 gene location

GeneLoc information about chromosome 8 GeneLoc Exon Structure

GeneLoc location for GC08M027374: view genomic region (about GC identifiers)

Start:	27,317,278 bp from pter	End:	27,337,400 bp from pter
Size:	20,123 bases	Orientation:	minus strand

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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: ACHA2_HUMAN, Q15822 (See protein sequence)

Recommended Name: Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-2 precursor

Size: 529 amino acids; 59765 Da

Subunit: Neuronal AChR seems to be composed of two different types of subunits: alpha and non-alpha (beta). Alpha-2

subunit can be combined to beta-2 or beta-4 to give rise to functional receptors

Subcellular location: Cell junction, synapse, postsynaptic cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell membrane;

Multi-pass membrane protein

Secondary accessions: A8KAX3 Q9HAQ3

Explore the universe of human proteins at neXtProt for CHRNA2: NX_Q15822

Post-translational modifications:

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View neXtProt modification sites for NX_Q15822

CHRNA2 Protein expression data from MOPED and PaxDb: About this image

REFSEQ proteins: NP_000733.2

ENSEMBL proteins:

ENSP00000430612 ENSP00000429616 ENSP00000240132 ENSP00000430422 ENSP00000430856

ENSP00000429953 ENSP00000430994 ENSP00000385026

Reactome Protein details: Q15822
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Gene Ontology (GO): 5 cellular component terms (GO ID links to tree view): About this table

GO ID	Qualified GO term	Evidence	PubMed IDs
GO:0005886	plasma membrane	TAS	--
GO:0005892	acetylcholine-gated channel complex	IDA	8906617
GO:0016021	integral to membrane	NAS	8906617
GO:0030054	cell junction	IEA	--
GO:0045211	postsynaptic membrane	IEA	--

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5 InterPro domains/families:

IPR002394 Nicotinic_acetylcholine_rcpt

IPR018000 Neurotransmitter_ion_chnl_CS

IPR006201 Neur_channel

IPR006202 Neur_chan_lig-bd

IPR006029 Neurotrans-gated_channel_TM

Graphical View of Domain Structure for InterPro Entry Q15822

ProtoNet protein and cluster: Q15822

2 Blocks protein families:

IPB002394 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor signature

IPB006201 Neurotransmitter-gated ion-channel

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: ACHA2_HUMAN, Q15822

Similarity: Belongs to the ligand-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.9) family. Acetylcholine receptor (TC 1.A.9.1) subfamily.

Alpha-2/CHRNA2 sub-subfamily

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Function Summary:

UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: ACHA2_HUMAN, Q15822

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

Genatlas biochemistry entry for CHRNA2:

cholinergic receptor,nicotinic,alpha 2 polypeptide,neuronal

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Gene Ontology (GO): 3 molecular function terms (GO ID links to tree view): About this table

GO ID	Qualified GO term	Evidence	PubMed IDs
GO:0004872	receptor activity	--	--
GO:0004889	acetylcholine-activated cation-selective channel activity	IDA	8906617
GO:0015464	acetylcholine receptor activity	IDA	8906617

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1 GenomeRNAi human phenotype for CHRNA2:

Increased Salmonella enterica

Animal Models:
Mouse knock-out Chrna2^tm1Jbou for CHRNA2
3 MGI mutant phenotypes (inferred from 2 alleles) (MGI details for Chrna2):

homeostasis/metabolism

nervous system

normal

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Unified GeneCards pathways - 5/6 super-pathways (see all 6) About this table

See pathways by source

Super-pathway

contained gene-specific pathways

Presynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Presynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors	1.00	Acetylcholine Binding And Downstream Events	0.86
Activation of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors	0.86	Highly calcium permeable nicotinic acetylcholine receptors	0.75
Postsynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors	0.86	Highly calcium permeable postsynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors	0.64

Transmission across Chemical Synapses

	Transmission across Chemical Synapses	1.00			Neuronal System	0.67
	Neurotransmitter Receptor Binding And Downstream Transmission In The Postsynaptic Cell	0.72

Calcium channels

Calcium channels

1.00

CREB Pathway

Intracellular Calcium Signaling

0.50

Nanog in Mammalian ESC Pluripotency

eNOS Signaling

0.48

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	eNOS Signaling
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5/9 Reactome Pathways for CHRNA2 (see all 9)

	Activation of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
	Transmission across Chemical Synapses
	Acetylcholine Binding And Downstream Events
	Highly calcium permeable nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
	Highly calcium permeable postsynaptic nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

1 Kegg Pathway (Kegg details for CHRNA2):

Neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction

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Interactions:

SABiosciences Gene Network Central^TM Interacting Genes and Proteins Network for CHRNA2

STRING Interaction Network Preview (showing 5 interactants - click image to see 15)

5/15 Interacting proteins for CHRNA2 (Q15822³ ENSP00000240132⁴) via UniProtKB, MINT, STRING, and/or I2D (see all 15)

Interactant		Interaction Details
GeneCard	External ID(s)	Interaction Details
CHRNB2	P17787³, ENSP00000357461⁴	I2D: score=2 STRING: ENSP00000357461
CHRNB4	P30926³, ENSP00000261751⁴	I2D: score=2 STRING: ENSP00000261751
CHRNA3	ENSP00000315602⁴	STRING: ENSP00000315602
CHRNA4	ENSP00000359285⁴	STRING: ENSP00000359285
CHRNA7	ENSP00000303727⁴	STRING: ENSP00000303727

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Gene Ontology (GO): 3 biological process terms (GO ID links to tree view): About this table

GO ID	Qualified GO term	Evidence	PubMed IDs
GO:0006811	ion transport	NAS	8906617
GO:0007165	signal transduction	IDA	8906617
GO:0007268	synaptic transmission	TAS	--

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Compounds for CHRNA2 available from Tocris Bioscience About this table

Compound	Action	CAS #
Mecamylamine hydrochloride	Non-competitive nicotinic receptor antagonist	[826-39-1]
Carbamoylcholine chloride	Cholinergic receptor agonist	[51-83-2]
(�)-Epibatidine	Very potent nicotinic agonist	[140111-52-0]
(�)-Anatoxin A fumarate	Nicotinic agonist	[64285-06-9]

1 HMDB Compound for CHRNA2 About this table

Compound	Synonyms	CAS #	PubMed Ids
Dextromethorphan	Bayer Select Flu Relief (see all 58)	6700-34-1	--

10/20 DrugBank Compounds for CHRNA2 (see all 20) About this table

Compound	Synonyms	CAS #	Type	Actions	PubMed Ids
Tubocurarine	D-Tubocurarine (see all 6)	6989-98-6	target	antagonist	18633030 17139284 11752352 17016423 19417616 11562442 20338223
Galantamine	(-)-Galanthamine (see all 3)	357-70-0	target	allosteric modulator	12137632 11129124 12481195 20480924 12177686 10971048
Mivacurium	--	106791-40-6	target	antagonist	16931985 17139284 11752352 17016423 19352159 19417616
Rocuronium	--	119302-91-9	target	antagonist	16931985 18633030 17139284 11752352 17016423 19417616
Decamethonium	--	156-74-1	target	partial agonist	17139284 12067008 11752352 17016423 7848904
Mecamylamine	2-Methylamino-2,3,3-trimethylnorbornane (see all 6)	60-40-2	target	inhibitor	17139284 19778551 11752352 17016423 12080428
Metocurine	--	5152-30-7	target	antagonist	18633030 18842832 8132625 11752352 12799358
Metocurine Iodide	(+)-O,O'-Dimethylchondrocurarine Di-iodide (see all 8)	7601-55-0	target	antagonist	18633030 17139284 11752352 17016423 6107062
Nicotine	L-Nicotine (see all 2)	54-11-5	target	agonist	19560048 20081230 15048644 20400469 11006350
Pipecuronium	Pipecurium (see all 2)	68399-58-6	target	antagonist	1748153 11752352 17016423 12426786 9227834

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REFSEQ mRNAs for CHRNA2 gene:

NM_000742.3

Unigene Cluster for CHRNA2:

Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal)

Hs.57718 [show with all ESTs]

Unigene Representative Sequence: NM_000742

12 Ensembl transcripts including schematic representations, and UCSC links where relevant:

ENST00000520600 ENST00000523529 ENST00000523695 ENST00000520933 ENST00000240132

ENST00000522008 ENST00000524096 ENST00000518712 ENST00000520650 ENST00000521921

ENST00000520208 ENST00000407991(uc010lur.3 uc011lal.2 uc010lus.3)

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Additional cDNA sequence:

AK296348.1 AK308465.1 AK314787.1 BC153866.1 U62431.1 Y16281.1

6 DOTS entries:

DT.404266 DT.70105134 DT.101981363 DT.101981364 DT.101981365 DT.101981366

11 AceView cDNA sequences:

CD013903 CD013902 CD013901 BQ884264 Y16281 CD013905 NM_000742 CD013904

BP362682 U62431 CF141093

GeneLoc Exon Structure

5/8 Alternative Splicing Database (ASD) splice patterns (SP) for CHRNA2 (see all 8) About this scheme

ExUns:	1	^	2a	·	2b	^	3a	·	3b	·	3c	·	3d	^	4a	·	4b	·	4c	^	5a	·	5b	·	5c	^	6	^	7a	·	7b	·	7c	^	8a	·	8b
SP1:							-								-						-
SP2:																					-
SP3:															-						-								-
SP4:															-						-								-		-		-
SP5:			-		-		-								-						-

ECgene alternative splicing isoforms for CHRNA2

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CHRNA2 expression in normal human tissues (normalized intensities)
See probesets specificity/sensitivity at GeneAnnot
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CGAP TAG: TGAATAAAGA

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CHRNA2 expression in embryonic tissues and stem cells

Expression by the Database of Embryonic development, Stem cell research, and Regenerative medicine About this table

3 LifeMap In Vivo Development Anatomical Compartments/Cells

Tissue

Anatomical Compartment

Cell

Category (developmental path)

Spinal Cord

Spinal Ventral Columns

Ventral Spinal Cord Progenitor Cells

Motor Neurons

Neural Tube

Telencephalon

Neural Tube

Spinal Cord

Spinal Ventral Columns

Spinal Cord

Expression:

Positive

Negative

Selective marker

Experimental details:

Curated

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See CHRNA2 Protein Expression from SPIRE MOPED and PaxDB
Genevestigator expression for CHRNA2

SOURCE GeneReport for Unigene cluster: Hs.57718

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This gene was present in the common ancestor of animals.

Orthologs for CHRNA2 gene from 5/15 species (see all 15) About this table

Organism	Taxonomic classification	Gene	Description	Human Similarity	Orthology Type	Details
chicken (Gallus gallus)	Aves	CHRNA2¹	cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha 2 (neuronal)	80.84(n) 80.63(a)		395607 NM_204815.1 NP_990146.1
lizard (Anolis carolinensis)	Reptilia	CHRNA2⁶	--	87(a)	1 ↔ 1	GL343696.1(190925-196186)
zebrafish (Danio rerio)	Actinopterygii	chrna2²	cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide more	79.58(n)		394201 AY256908.1
fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)	Insecta	nAcRalpha-96Aa³ nAcRalpha-96Ab¹	nicotinic acetylcholine-activated cation-selective more³ nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor alpha 96Ab¹	58(a) (best of 8)³ 58.94(n)¹ 50.33(a)¹		42919¹ NM_079758.2¹ NP_524482.1¹
worm (Caenorhabditis elegans)	Secernentea	unc-63³	ion-channel protein	48(a) (best of 28)		I(5141683-5149120) --

ENSEMBL Gene Tree for CHRNA2 (if available)
TreeFam Gene Tree for CHRNA2 (if available)

(Paralogs according to ¹HomoloGene,
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Paralogs for CHRNA2 gene

CHRNA5² CHRNA1² CHRNA6² CHRNA7² CHRNE² CHRNB4² CHRNA4² CHRNA10²

CHRNA9² CHRNB2² CHRNG² CHRNA3² CHRFAM7A² CHRNB3² CHRNB1² CHRND²

18/20 SIMAP similar genes for CHRNA2 using alignment to 7 protein entries: ACHA2_HUMAN (see all proteins) (see all similar genes):

CHRNA6 CHRNA5 CHRNA3 CHRNB4 CHRNA7-2 CHRNA1

HTR3A CHRNB2 CHRNB3 CHRNA4 CHRNA7 CHRND

HTR3B CHRFAM7A CHRNA9 CHRNB1 CHRNE HTR3E

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SNP ID	Valid	Clinical significance	Chr 8 pos	Sequence	#	AA Chg	Type	More	#	Allele freq	Pop	Total sample	More
Genomic Data					Transcription Related Data				Allele Frequencies
				--	--	--		--	--
rs104894063^1,2	C	pathogenic	25866186(-)	`GCTCAA/TCTCCT`	2	N I	mis¹		0	--	--	--	--
rs113837301^1,2	F	--	25862004(+)	`TTGGGG/TGATAA`	4	--	ds500¹		1		EA	234
rs75394008^1,2		--	25864154(+)	`GAGACG/AGTCAA`	1	--	ut3¹		1		WA	118
rs116181978^1,2	C,F,	--	25864623(+)	`GGGACG/ACAAGG`	1	--	int¹		1		WA	118
rs76651414^1,2		--	25864716(+)	`AGGTTC/GCCTCC`	1	--	int¹		0	--	--	--	--
rs80217491^1,2		--	25864820(+)	`GGGCTC/TACAGC`	1	--	int¹		1		EA	120
rs77229364^1,2		--	25864885(+)	`TTCTTG/TTCTGT`	1	--	int¹		2		CSA WA	120
rs11778371^1,2	C,F,A,H,	--	25864967(+)	`AGTAGC/TGGCCT`	1	--	int¹		15		NS EA NA	1646
rs75567745^1,2	F,	--	25864968(+)	`GTAGCG/AGCCTG`	1	--	int¹		2		WA NA	238
rs78561863^1,2	F	--	25865783(+)	`ACCTCC/TCTCTC`	2	R	syn¹		1		NA	860

HapMap Linkage Disequilibrium report for CHRNA2 (27317278 - 27337400 bp)
Structural Variations (Copy Number Variations, Insertions/Deletions, Inversions)
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OMIM gene information: 118502
OMIM disorders: 610353
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: ACHA2_HUMAN, Q15822

Defects in CHRNA2 are the cause of nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy type 4 (ENFL4) [MIM:610353]. ENFL4 is an

autosomal dominant epilepsy characterized by nocturnal seizures associated with fear sensation, tongue movements, and

nocturnal wandering, closely resembling nightmares and sleep walking

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autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy frontal lobe epilepsy epilepsy, nocturnal, frontal lobe type epilepsy, nocturnal frontal lobe, type 4

nicotine dependence neuronitis bipolar i disorder drug dependence

pharyngitis obesity schizophrenia

2 diseases from the University of Copenhagen DISEASES database for CHRNA2:

Nicotine dependence Focal epilepsy

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Disease	-log (P-Val)	Hits	PubMed IDs for Articles with Shared Sentences (# sentences)
epilepsy frontal lobe	92.4	4	17602836 (1), 19058950 (1), 18226955 (1)
sleepwalking	80.4	1	17602836 (1)
epilepsy	34.6	2	16826524 (1), 19383498 (1)

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Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy, Autosomal Dominant

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PubMed articles for CHRNA2 gene, integrated from 9 sources (see all 80):
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Increased sensitivity of the neuronal nicotinic receptor alpha2 subunit causes familial epilepsy with nocturnal wandering and ictal fear. (PubMed id 16826524)^{1, 2, 9} Aridon P.... Casari G. (2006)
DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 8. (PubMed id 16421571)^{1, 2} Nusbaum C....Lander E.S. (2006)
No association between common variations in the neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha2 subunit gene (CHRNA2) and bipolar I disorder. (PubMed id 15996750)^{1, 4} Lohoff F.W....Berrettini W.H. (2005)
Comparative structure of human neuronal alpha 2-alpha 7 and beta 2- beta 4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits and functional expression of the alpha 2, alpha 3, alpha 4, alpha 7, beta 2, and beta 4 subunits. (PubMed id 8906617)^{1, 2} Elliott K.J.... Harpold M.M. (1996)
Chromosomal localization of seven neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes in humans. (PubMed id 1505988)^{1, 3} Anand R. and Lindstrom J. (1992)
CHRNA2 mutations are rare in the NFLE population: Evaluation of a large cohort of Italian patients. (PubMed id 18226955)^{1, 9} Combi R....Luisa Tenchini M. (2008)
A major role of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene CHRNA2 in autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) is unlikely. (PubMed id 17602836)^{1, 9} Gu W....Steinlein O.K. (2007)
A novel mutation of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene CHRNA4 in sporadic nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. (PubMed id 19058950)^{1, 9} Chen Y....Xu Q. (2009)
Identification of the human neuronal nicotinic cholinergic alpha 2 receptor locus, (CHRNA2), within an 8p21 mapped locus, by sequence homology with rat DNA. (PubMed id 7570187)^{1, 9} Wood S....Yaremko M.L. (1995)
Pleiotropic functional effects of the first epilepsy-associated mutation in the human CHRNA2 gene. (PubMed id 19383498)^{1, 9} Hoda J.C....Steinlein O.K. (2009)

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Entrez Gene: 1135	HGNC: 1956	AceView: CHRNA2	Ensembl:ENSG00000120903	euGenes: HUgn1135
ECgene: CHRNA2	Kegg: 1135	H-InvDB: CHRNA2

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PharmGKB entry for CHRNA2	Pharmacogenomics, SNPs, Pathways
GeneReviews	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/GeneTests/lab/gene/CHRNA2

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