Incidental Mutation 'R6002:Chrna6'
ID 478427
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Chrna6
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000031491
Gene Name cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 6
Synonyms alpha6 nAChR, Acra6
MMRRC Submission 044181-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.069) question?
Stock # R6002 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 8
Chromosomal Location 27893240-27903972 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) C to T at 27896774 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Valine to Isoleucine at position 368 (V368I)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000033882 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000033882]
AlphaFold Q9R0W9
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000033882
AA Change: V368I

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.028 (Sensitivity: 0.95; Specificity: 0.81)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000033882
Gene: ENSMUSG00000031491
AA Change: V368I

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
Pfam:Neur_chan_LBD 34 240 1.7e-78 PFAM
Pfam:Neur_chan_memb 247 483 1.2e-89 PFAM
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.8%
  • 3x: 99.4%
  • 10x: 96.6%
  • 20x: 88.5%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] This gene encodes an alpha subunit of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. These receptors consist of five subunits and function as ion channels involved in neurotransmission. The encoded protein is a subunit of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors that mediate dopaminergic neurotransmission and are activated by acetylcholine and exogenous nicotine. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been observed for this gene. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in this gene have been associated with both nicotine and alcohol dependence. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2010]
PHENOTYPE: Homzygous mutant animals have decreased numbers of high affinity binding sites for [3H]nicotine, [3H]epibaditine, and [3H]cytisine in the terminal region of the retinal ganglion. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 40 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
4932414N04Rik T A 2: 68,492,768 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Adam28 A G 14: 68,879,511 (GRCm39) L179P probably benign Het
Amer2 G T 14: 60,616,231 (GRCm39) G142V possibly damaging Het
Ap2a1 A G 7: 44,553,819 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Arhgap32 A G 9: 32,168,275 (GRCm39) T753A probably benign Het
Capsl A G 15: 9,461,874 (GRCm39) D90G probably damaging Het
Cd96 A T 16: 45,938,349 (GRCm39) S39T possibly damaging Het
Cdx2 T A 5: 147,240,044 (GRCm39) T211S probably damaging Het
Chd9 A G 8: 91,705,515 (GRCm39) Y251C probably damaging Het
Coro1a G T 7: 126,302,252 (GRCm39) Q32K probably benign Het
Cps1 T A 1: 67,211,914 (GRCm39) V694E possibly damaging Het
Eif3h A G 15: 51,662,672 (GRCm39) Y125H probably benign Het
Fbxw22 A C 9: 109,210,750 (GRCm39) Y420* probably null Het
Fgf21 T C 7: 45,264,651 (GRCm39) Y27C probably benign Het
Gm7356 A G 17: 14,221,001 (GRCm39) S343P probably benign Het
Hmcn2 A G 2: 31,310,321 (GRCm39) D3305G probably damaging Het
Ift70a1 T C 2: 75,811,121 (GRCm39) T321A possibly damaging Het
Kdm4c T A 4: 74,323,206 (GRCm39) F1046Y possibly damaging Het
Klk1b27 T A 7: 43,705,114 (GRCm39) W94R probably benign Het
Nwd2 A T 5: 63,962,143 (GRCm39) M576L probably benign Het
Or13c7d T C 4: 43,770,063 (GRCm39) H316R probably benign Het
Or4d2 A T 11: 87,784,633 (GRCm39) V39E probably damaging Het
Or5b122 T C 19: 13,562,781 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Or5p54 A G 7: 107,554,376 (GRCm39) H176R probably damaging Het
Pappa T A 4: 65,215,645 (GRCm39) V1184D probably damaging Het
Pcyox1 T A 6: 86,369,164 (GRCm39) M152L probably benign Het
Pdha2 A G 3: 140,917,457 (GRCm39) V17A probably benign Het
Pi4k2b A T 5: 52,914,247 (GRCm39) I328L probably benign Het
Ppp1r13l T C 7: 19,111,895 (GRCm39) F814L probably benign Het
Prag1 A T 8: 36,571,337 (GRCm39) H640L probably benign Het
Prl5a1 T C 13: 28,329,465 (GRCm39) I48T probably benign Het
Rabgap1 A G 2: 37,363,614 (GRCm39) T132A probably benign Het
Sec31b T C 19: 44,524,203 (GRCm39) I146V probably benign Het
Slc30a9 A G 5: 67,499,460 (GRCm39) Y306C probably damaging Het
Stat3 A G 11: 100,794,569 (GRCm39) S247P probably benign Het
Tbc1d1 C A 5: 64,490,776 (GRCm39) L747I probably damaging Het
Tbc1d24 A T 17: 24,402,761 (GRCm39) M1K probably null Het
Vezt A C 10: 93,836,336 (GRCm39) V104G probably damaging Het
Zbtb41 A G 1: 139,351,397 (GRCm39) D170G probably damaging Het
Zswim2 C A 2: 83,746,032 (GRCm39) D469Y probably damaging Het
Other mutations in Chrna6
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00476:Chrna6 APN 8 27,896,560 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02040:Chrna6 APN 8 27,897,289 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02067:Chrna6 APN 8 27,894,424 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02674:Chrna6 APN 8 27,896,879 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
IGL03011:Chrna6 APN 8 27,903,682 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.48
R0087:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,014 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0421:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,898,415 (GRCm39) missense probably null 0.98
R0786:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,898,408 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.26
R1784:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,812 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.60
R1834:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,242 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R2087:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,155 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R4545:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,711 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R4785:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,134 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5621:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,068 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6834:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,898,338 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R6937:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,055 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6968:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,683 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R7303:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,019 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7319:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,815 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.58
R7775:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,392 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7778:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,392 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7824:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,392 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7879:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,109 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8100:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,903,844 (GRCm39) start gained probably benign
R8292:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,754 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R8696:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,195 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8754:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,897,229 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8939:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,870 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R9041:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,923 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Z1177:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,903,717 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- TCAACATCGGACGAGTGCTC -3'
(R):5'- ATCTCTCGTGATCCCACTGG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- ACATCGGACGAGTGCTCTGAATTC -3'
(R):5'- GTGAGTATCTACTGTTCACCATGATC -3'
Posted On 2017-06-26