Incidental Mutation 'R1703:Chrna7'
ID 189886
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Chrna7
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000030525
Gene Name cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 7
Synonyms alpha7 nicotinic receptor, alpha7, alpha7-nAChR, Acra7
MMRRC Submission 039736-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Non essential (E-score: 0.000) question?
Stock # R1703 (G1)
Quality Score 215
Status Validated
Chromosome 7
Chromosomal Location 62748440-62862274 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) C to T at 62749255 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Arginine to Histidine at position 409 (R409H)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000032738 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000032738]
AlphaFold P49582
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000032738
AA Change: R409H

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.988 (Sensitivity: 0.73; Specificity: 0.96)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000032738
Gene: ENSMUSG00000030525
AA Change: R409H

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 10 17 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:Neur_chan_LBD 26 230 1e-75 PFAM
Pfam:Neur_chan_memb 237 487 3.6e-63 PFAM
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0936 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.1%
  • 3x: 98.3%
  • 10x: 96.2%
  • 20x: 92.4%
Validation Efficiency 99% (86/87)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] 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. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2012]
PHENOTYPE: Nullizygous mice lack hippocampal fast nicotinic currents but show nicotine-induced seizures as well as altered anxiety behavior, fertility defects, airway basal cell hyperplasia. and higher TNF sythesis when endotoxemic. Newborns homozygous for a knock-in allele die with increased neuron apoptosis. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 78 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
2310057M21Rik A T 7: 130,945,431 (GRCm39) Y401* probably null Het
4932415M13Rik C A 17: 54,032,065 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Abtb3 A G 10: 85,223,248 (GRCm39) D19G unknown Het
Acoxl T A 2: 127,820,692 (GRCm39) S81R probably damaging Het
Adamtsl4 A G 3: 95,584,924 (GRCm39) C915R probably damaging Het
Adgra3 C T 5: 50,164,117 (GRCm39) M287I probably benign Het
Afg1l T G 10: 42,276,395 (GRCm39) D250A probably damaging Het
Akap8l C T 17: 32,551,457 (GRCm39) R511H probably damaging Het
Amfr T C 8: 94,700,871 (GRCm39) T530A probably benign Het
Ank2 C T 3: 126,723,415 (GRCm39) V971M probably damaging Het
App A G 16: 84,762,656 (GRCm39) S656P probably damaging Het
Arid5a T A 1: 36,358,656 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Asic5 T A 3: 81,907,029 (GRCm39) V60D possibly damaging Het
Atm G T 9: 53,412,000 (GRCm39) H1019N probably benign Het
Cep250 A G 2: 155,807,466 (GRCm39) K277R probably benign Het
Chrng A T 1: 87,138,628 (GRCm39) N419I possibly damaging Het
Ciao1 T C 2: 127,087,739 (GRCm39) S199G probably benign Het
Clstn2 A T 9: 97,340,290 (GRCm39) M694K possibly damaging Het
Cpeb2 A G 5: 43,391,181 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cyp2c69 T A 19: 39,864,810 (GRCm39) I223F probably benign Het
Dennd1b A T 1: 139,097,492 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Dnah17 A T 11: 117,917,575 (GRCm39) L4162Q probably damaging Het
Dnm1 T C 2: 32,213,463 (GRCm39) M506V probably benign Het
Ecsit A G 9: 21,986,107 (GRCm39) V173A probably damaging Het
Fam13b T C 18: 34,584,492 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Fgl2 T A 5: 21,577,730 (GRCm39) W6R possibly damaging Het
Galnt9 G A 5: 110,767,038 (GRCm39) R503H probably damaging Het
Gramd1a C T 7: 30,838,959 (GRCm39) V247M possibly damaging Het
Grip2 A T 6: 91,754,379 (GRCm39) I632N probably damaging Het
Hspg2 T C 4: 137,286,462 (GRCm39) V3627A probably damaging Het
Ipo8 T C 6: 148,691,390 (GRCm39) Y660C probably benign Het
Isg15 T C 4: 156,284,265 (GRCm39) R88G possibly damaging Het
Itgb5 T A 16: 33,730,870 (GRCm39) D388E probably benign Het
Jhy T C 9: 40,856,133 (GRCm39) Y118C probably damaging Het
Kalrn G A 16: 34,025,696 (GRCm39) T931M probably damaging Het
Kif21a A G 15: 90,833,250 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Lama2 A T 10: 27,142,667 (GRCm39) Y604N probably damaging Het
Lrp3 T G 7: 34,912,586 (GRCm39) S34R possibly damaging Het
Lrrc37 C T 11: 103,431,700 (GRCm39) V1372I probably benign Het
Lyn T C 4: 3,738,867 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Mroh8 C T 2: 157,113,896 (GRCm39) V132I probably benign Het
Mthfd1l T C 10: 4,098,093 (GRCm39) F977L probably damaging Het
Nol8 C T 13: 49,820,933 (GRCm39) T912M possibly damaging Het
Nrxn1 A T 17: 90,515,845 (GRCm39) N169K probably damaging Het
Oplah A G 15: 76,180,867 (GRCm39) Y1279H probably benign Het
Or10ag56 T C 2: 87,139,754 (GRCm39) V207A probably benign Het
Or4c101 T A 2: 88,390,599 (GRCm39) M262K possibly damaging Het
Pcsk5 T C 19: 17,729,458 (GRCm39) N129S probably benign Het
Pcyt2 G T 11: 120,503,894 (GRCm39) P185T probably benign Het
Pdlim2 A G 14: 70,411,784 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Pgs1 T C 11: 117,905,554 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Qprt A G 7: 126,707,343 (GRCm39) V251A probably benign Het
Rasal2 A C 1: 156,985,170 (GRCm39) L834R probably damaging Het
Reg1 T C 6: 78,405,432 (GRCm39) C161R probably damaging Het
Rp1 T A 1: 4,415,392 (GRCm39) I1907F probably damaging Het
S1pr5 T C 9: 21,155,346 (GRCm39) D360G possibly damaging Het
Sart3 C A 5: 113,890,280 (GRCm39) V482F probably benign Het
Scarf2 A G 16: 17,620,713 (GRCm39) E127G probably damaging Het
Serinc5 T C 13: 92,825,305 (GRCm39) S245P probably damaging Het
Serpinc1 G T 1: 160,821,087 (GRCm39) R57L probably damaging Het
Setd2 A G 9: 110,378,932 (GRCm39) S632G probably benign Het
Sgca A T 11: 94,860,217 (GRCm39) L307M probably damaging Het
Slc7a9 C A 7: 35,154,000 (GRCm39) Q208K probably benign Het
Slfn10-ps C T 11: 82,920,869 (GRCm39) noncoding transcript Het
Spam1 A T 6: 24,796,256 (GRCm39) D69V probably damaging Het
Tanc1 A G 2: 59,673,365 (GRCm39) E1490G probably benign Het
Tbc1d22a G T 15: 86,123,416 (GRCm39) D150Y probably benign Het
Tex10 C T 4: 48,456,800 (GRCm39) R637Q probably benign Het
Tlx1 A G 19: 45,144,443 (GRCm39) D55G possibly damaging Het
Tram2 G T 1: 21,074,458 (GRCm39) N241K probably damaging Het
Ttc23l T C 15: 10,523,744 (GRCm39) Y325C probably damaging Het
Ubac2 T A 14: 122,142,582 (GRCm39) S27T probably benign Het
Utrn G A 10: 12,603,473 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Vnn3 A T 10: 23,741,828 (GRCm39) M378L probably benign Het
Vps18 T A 2: 119,119,538 (GRCm39) D6E probably benign Het
Xkr5 T A 8: 18,989,134 (GRCm39) I253F probably benign Het
Yeats4 A T 10: 117,051,628 (GRCm39) C210S probably benign Het
Zdhhc20 A G 14: 58,076,545 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Other mutations in Chrna7
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL01776:Chrna7 APN 7 62,749,267 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
IGL01999:Chrna7 APN 7 62,753,539 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02016:Chrna7 APN 7 62,753,583 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02388:Chrna7 APN 7 62,757,439 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02400:Chrna7 APN 7 62,749,070 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL02458:Chrna7 APN 7 62,755,842 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL03039:Chrna7 APN 7 62,798,340 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
inflation UTSW 7 62,798,349 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
thaler UTSW 7 62,755,775 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0034:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,798,354 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.79
R0631:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,749,391 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1666:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,861,890 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.70
R1763:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,749,000 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R1974:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,749,034 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2294:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,760,172 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.11
R2393:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,748,994 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4598:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,753,538 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4599:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,753,538 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4842:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,862,196 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R5143:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,755,895 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5310:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,755,805 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5339:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,749,055 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5516:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,749,046 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R5807:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,798,349 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6501:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,755,863 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6918:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,809,299 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R7000:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,755,787 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7189:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,755,775 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7483:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,754,738 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7953:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,753,541 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
R7955:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,753,541 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
R7956:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,753,541 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
R8235:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,861,972 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9125:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,757,357 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R9356:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,757,437 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9694:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,754,809 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Z1176:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,861,932 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Z1177:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,757,299 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
Z1191:Chrna7 UTSW 7 62,755,941 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.22
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- AAAGTCTTTGGACACAGCCTCCAC -3'
(R):5'- TCGTTGCAGACCAGGATCATTCTTC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CTCCACAAAGTTTGGGGCTG -3'
(R):5'- CAGACCAGGATCATTCTTCTGAATTG -3'
Posted On 2014-05-14