Description
Product Characteristics:
Members of the ligand-gated ion channel receptor family are characterized by their fast transmitting response to neurotransmitters. Two important members of this family are the nicotinic acetylcholine and glutamate receptors, both of which are composed of five homologous subunits forming a transmembrane aqueous pore. These transmembrane receptors change conformation in response to their cognate neurotransmitter. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) are found at the postsynaptic membrane of the neuromuscular junction and bind acetylcholine molecules, allowing ions to move through the pore. Glutamate receptors are found in the postsynaptic membrane of cells in the central nervous system. The activity that is generated at the synapse by the binding of acetylcholine is terminated by acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that rapidly hydrolyzes acetylcholine. AChR delta, also known as CMS2A, FCCMS, SCCMS or CHRND, is a 517 amino acid multi-pass membrane protein that is associated with lethal type multiple pterygium syndrome, congenital myasthenic syndrome slow-channel type (SCCMS) and congenital myasthenic syndrome fast-channel type (FCCMS).
Subcellular location: Cell membrane
Synonyms: Acetylcholine receptor delta subunit, Acetylcholine receptor subunit delta, ACHD_HUMAN, ACHRD, Cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, delta polypeptide, CHRND, CMS2A, FCCMS, Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor delta polypeptide precursor, SCCMS.
Target Information: The acetylcholine receptor of muscle has 5 subunits of 4 different types: 2 alpha and 1 each of beta, gamma and delta subunits. After acetylcholine binding, the receptor undergoes an extensive conformation change that affects all subunits and leads to opening of an ion-conducting channel across the plasma membrane. Defects in this gene are a cause of multiple pterygium syndrome lethal type (MUPSL), congenital myasthenic syndrome slow-channel type (SCCMS), and congenital myasthenic syndrome fast-channel type (FCCMS). Several transcript variants, some protein-coding and some not, have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]