Incidental Mutation 'R8292:Chrna6'
ID 638746
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Chrna6
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000031491
Gene Name cholinergic receptor, nicotinic, alpha polypeptide 6
Synonyms alpha6 nAChR, Acra6
MMRRC Submission 067782-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.069) question?
Stock # R8292 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Not validated
Chromosome 8
Chromosomal Location 27893240-27903972 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to T at 27896754 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Histidine to Glutamine at position 374 (H374Q)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000033882 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000033882]
AlphaFold Q9R0W9
Predicted Effect probably benign
Transcript: ENSMUST00000033882
AA Change: H374Q

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.052 (Sensitivity: 0.94; Specificity: 0.83)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000033882
Gene: ENSMUSG00000031491
AA Change: H374Q

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: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.7%
  • 20x: 99.1%
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: 57 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Acacb A T 5: 114,338,555 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Akirin2 T C 4: 34,566,007 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Akr1c14 A G 13: 4,130,995 (GRCm39) D229G possibly damaging Het
Arfgef1 T C 1: 10,227,194 (GRCm39) I1382V probably benign Het
Bcas3 C A 11: 85,348,729 (GRCm39) A207D probably damaging Het
Bcl2l10 T C 9: 75,255,160 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Cdc42 T C 4: 137,063,384 (GRCm39) T3A probably benign Het
Celsr1 C A 15: 85,791,819 (GRCm39) W2594L possibly damaging Het
Cibar1 T G 4: 12,153,963 (GRCm39) T330P possibly damaging Het
Clcnka G A 4: 141,125,272 (GRCm39) R30* probably null Het
Clptm1l A T 13: 73,765,854 (GRCm39) H464L probably damaging Het
Col6a4 A T 9: 105,954,076 (GRCm39) M421K probably benign Het
Crybg2 T C 4: 133,802,842 (GRCm39) S873P probably damaging Het
Dixdc1 A G 9: 50,621,989 (GRCm39) V114A probably benign Het
Etv6 T C 6: 134,225,509 (GRCm39) C247R probably benign Het
Farp2 T C 1: 93,456,350 (GRCm39) L11S probably damaging Het
Gbp2 G A 3: 142,329,584 (GRCm39) V44M probably damaging Het
Get4 A G 5: 139,248,686 (GRCm39) D99G probably null Het
Glcci1 G A 6: 8,558,549 (GRCm39) R212H probably damaging Het
Gm14295 T A 2: 176,501,351 (GRCm39) F280L probably damaging Het
Gm5407 T A 16: 49,117,550 (GRCm39) N70Y noncoding transcript Het
Hace1 C G 10: 45,587,557 (GRCm39) Y885* probably null Het
Hectd4 G A 5: 121,455,288 (GRCm39) R644Q possibly damaging Het
Impg2 A T 16: 56,080,989 (GRCm39) E931V probably damaging Het
Kif5c A T 2: 49,625,497 (GRCm39) Y589F probably benign Het
Krr1 T A 10: 111,813,021 (GRCm39) V132E possibly damaging Het
Luzp1 T G 4: 136,269,764 (GRCm39) D662E probably benign Het
Mc4r A T 18: 66,993,082 (GRCm39) Y10* probably null Het
Mfng T C 15: 78,657,370 (GRCm39) I35V probably benign Het
Mprip T A 11: 59,650,340 (GRCm39) I1348K probably benign Het
Mrgprb3 G T 7: 48,293,255 (GRCm39) Q99K probably benign Het
Mrgprb4 A T 7: 47,848,554 (GRCm39) S125T probably damaging Het
Mrgprg A T 7: 143,318,656 (GRCm39) M152K probably benign Het
Muc5ac A C 7: 141,363,000 (GRCm39) I2104L unknown Het
Myom2 A G 8: 15,182,888 (GRCm39) I1442V probably benign Het
Nell1 T C 7: 49,907,995 (GRCm39) C385R probably damaging Het
Nid2 T G 14: 19,818,346 (GRCm39) V280G probably damaging Het
Npr2 T A 4: 43,643,086 (GRCm39) M490K possibly damaging Het
Prr12 A G 7: 44,684,112 (GRCm39) F1643L probably damaging Het
Psg16 G A 7: 16,827,701 (GRCm39) G128D probably damaging Het
Racgap1 A T 15: 99,520,127 (GRCm39) L595* probably null Het
Rbbp8 T C 18: 11,838,769 (GRCm39) V150A probably benign Het
Rbbp9 T C 2: 144,390,017 (GRCm39) T49A probably benign Het
Rbm20 C A 19: 53,839,930 (GRCm39) T973K possibly damaging Het
Robo1 A T 16: 72,769,420 (GRCm39) I582F possibly damaging Het
Rps6ka5 A T 12: 100,644,791 (GRCm39) V53D possibly damaging Het
Slc35f6 G T 5: 30,813,375 (GRCm39) V156L probably benign Het
Smpd3 T C 8: 106,991,422 (GRCm39) H377R probably benign Het
Son G A 16: 91,453,545 (GRCm39) S764N possibly damaging Het
Srgn A T 10: 62,343,447 (GRCm39) V16D possibly damaging Het
Tex14 G A 11: 87,388,664 (GRCm39) R297Q probably damaging Het
Tiam2 T C 17: 3,557,142 (GRCm39) V1194A probably benign Het
Tlr6 A C 5: 65,111,134 (GRCm39) L591R probably damaging Het
Tmem143 A G 7: 45,558,964 (GRCm39) K302R probably damaging Het
Ttc28 A G 5: 111,371,123 (GRCm39) Y555C probably damaging Het
Usp32 T A 11: 84,968,227 (GRCm39) K145N probably damaging Het
Zbtb40 T C 4: 136,726,878 (GRCm39) Y486C 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
R6002:Chrna6 UTSW 8 27,896,774 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
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
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'- ATCTCTCGTGATCCCACTGGTG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- ACATCGGACGAGTGCTCTGAATTC -3'
(R):5'- GTGAGTATCTACTGTTCACCATGATC -3'
Posted On 2020-07-28