acr-6 AcetylCholine Receptor [Caenorhabditis elegans] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: acr-6
Official Full Name: AcetylCholine Receptor
Primary source: WormBase:WBGene00000045
Locus tag: CELE_ZK973.5
See related: AllianceGenome:WB:WBGene00000045
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: REVIEWED
Organism: Caenorhabditis elegans (strain: Bristol N2)
Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Nematoda; Chromadorea; Rhabditida; Rhabditina; Rhabditomorpha; Rhabditoidea; Rhabditidae; Peloderinae; Caenorhabditis
Summary: Predicted to enable acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity. Predicted to be involved in chemical synaptic transmission; monoatomic ion transmembrane transport; and regulation of membrane potential. Predicted to be located in postsynaptic membrane. Predicted to be part of acetylcholine-gated channel complex. Predicted to be active in neuron projection; plasma membrane; and synapse. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including alcohol dependence; alcohol use disorder; cocaine abuse; cocaine dependence; and lung cancer (multiple). Orthologous to human CHRNA3 (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 3 subunit) and CHRNA6 (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 6 subunit). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jan 2025]
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Chromosome I - NC_003279.8 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

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Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables extracellular ligand-gated monoatomic ion channel activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables monoatomic ion channel activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables transmembrane signaling receptor activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
involved_in cellular response to stimulus	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in chemical synaptic transmission	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in chemical synaptic transmission	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in excitatory postsynaptic potential	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in monoatomic ion transmembrane transport	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in monoatomic ion transmembrane transport	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in monoatomic ion transport	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in regulation of membrane potential	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
involved_in regulation of postsynaptic membrane potential	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
part_of acetylcholine-gated channel complex	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in neuron projection	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
is_active_in plasma membrane	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in plasma membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
located_in postsynaptic membrane	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
is_active_in synapse	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in synapse	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info

NP_491354.2

Product from WormBase gene class acr;
Partially confirmed by transcript evidence

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