SCN3A

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SCN3A
Protein SCN3A PDB 1byy.png
Identifiers
Aliases SCN3A , NAC3, Nav1.3, sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 3, FFEVF4, EIEE62, DEE62
External IDs OMIM: 182391; MGI: 98249; HomoloGene: 56005; GeneCards: SCN3A; OMA:SCN3A - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001081676
NM_001081677
NM_006922

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001075145
NP_001075146
NP_008853

Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 165.09 – 165.2 Mb Chr 2: 65.29 – 65.4 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Sodium channel, voltage-gated, type III, alpha subunit (SCN3A) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCN3A gene. [5] [6]

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Function

Voltage-gated sodium channels are transmembrane glycoprotein complexes composed of a large alpha subunit with 24 transmembrane domains and one or more regulatory beta subunits. They are responsible for the generation and propagation of action potentials in neurons and muscle. This gene encodes one member of the sodium channel alpha subunit gene family, and is found in a cluster of five alpha subunit genes on chromosome 2. Multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [6]

SCN3A is involved in gyrification – the folding of the human cerebral cortex, and affects speech production brain areas. [7]

Related Research Articles

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Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) is a syndromic autosomal dominant disorder where affected individuals can exhibit numerous epilepsy phenotypes. GEFS+ can persist beyond early childhood. GEFS+ is also now believed to encompass three other epilepsy disorders: severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI), which is also known as Dravet's syndrome, borderline SMEI (SMEB), and intractable epilepsy of childhood (IEC). There are at least six types of GEFS+, delineated by their causative gene. Known causative gene mutations are in the sodium channel α subunit genes SCN1A, an associated β subunit SCN1B, and in a GABAA receptor γ subunit gene, in GABRG2 and there is another gene related with calcium channel the PCDH19 which is also known as Epilepsy Female with Mental Retardation. Penetrance for this disorder is estimated at 60%.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 9</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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Paralytic is a gene in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, which encodes a voltage gated sodium channel within D. melanogaster neurons. This gene is essential for locomotive activity in the fly. There are 9 different para alleles, composed of a minimum of 26 exons within over 78kb of genomic DNA. The para gene undergoes alternative splicing to produce subtypes of the channel protein. Flies with mutant forms of paralytic are used in fly models of seizures, since seizures can be easily induced in these flies.

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Sodium channel, voltage-gated, type XI, alpha subunit also known as SCN11A or Nav1.9 is a voltage-gated sodium ion channel protein which is encoded by the SCN11A gene on chromosome 3 in humans. Like Nav1.7 and Nav1.8, Nav1.9 plays a role in pain perception. This channel is largely expressed in small-diameter nociceptors of the dorsal root ganglion and trigeminal ganglion neurons, but is also found in intrinsic myenteric neurons.

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SCN2A Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Sodium channel protein type 2 subunit alpha, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCN2A gene. Functional sodium channels contain an ion conductive alpha subunit and one or more regulatory beta subunits. Sodium channels which contain sodium channel protein type 2 subunit alpha are sometimes called Nav1.2 channels.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">CACNB1</span> Protein-coding gene in humans

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">SCN3B</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Sodium channel subunit beta-3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCN3B gene. Two alternatively spliced variants, encoding the same protein, have been identified.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SCN1B</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Sodium channel subunit beta-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCN1B gene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CACNA2D1</span> Protein-coding gene in humans

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">SCN8A</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Sodium channel protein type 8 subunit alpha also known as Nav1.6 is a membrane protein encoded by the SCN8A gene. Nav1.6 is one sodium channel isoform and is the primary voltage-gated sodium channel at each node of Ranvier. The channels are highly concentrated in sensory and motor axons in the peripheral nervous system and cluster at the nodes in the central nervous system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">SCNN1D</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">KCNC1</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">SCN7A</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Nax is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCN7A gene. It is a sodium channel alpha subunit expressed in the heart, the uterus and in glial cells of mice. It has low similarity to all nine other sodium channel alpha subunits (Nav1.1–1.9).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ankyrin-3</span> Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

Ankyrin-3 (ANK-3), also known as ankyrin-G, is a protein from ankyrin family that in humans is encoded by the ANK3 gene.

Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs), also known as voltage-dependent sodium channels (VDSCs), are a group of voltage-gated ion channels found in the membrane of excitable cells (e.g., muscle, glial cells, neurons, etc.) with a permeability to the sodium ion Na+. They are the main channels involved in action potential of excitable cells.

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000153253 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000057182 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. "UniProt". www.uniprot.org. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: SCN3A sodium channel, voltage-gated, type III, alpha subunit".
  7. Smith RS, Kenny CJ, Ganesh V, Jang A, Borges-Monroy R, Partlow JN, et al. (September 2018). "Sodium Channel SCN3A (NaV1.3) Regulation of Human Cerebral Cortical Folding and Oral Motor Development". Neuron. 99 (5): 905–913.e7. doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2018.07.052. PMC   6226006 . PMID   30146301.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.