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Gene

CHRNA6

cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 6 subunit

Summary

Cytogenetic location
8p11.21
Coordinates
Chromosome 8: 42,752,620–42,768,786 (GRCh38)
Exons
6 exons across 16.2 kb
Protein
494 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000276410.7NM_004198.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How CHRNA6 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 8, with a bracket where CHRNA6 sits. CHRNA6 and 14 genes near it on chromosome 8, from 42,260,703 to 43,260,702.Chromosome 88p11.21p23.3p23.2p23.1p22p21.3p21.2p21.1p12p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.1q13.2q13.3q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.11q24.12q24.13q24.21q24.22q24.23q24.342.4 Mb42.6 Mb42.8 Mb43 Mb43.2 MbIKBKB: 42,271,302–42,332,460, forward strandIKBKBPOLB: 42,338,454–42,373,513, forward strandPOLBDKK4: 42,373,195–42,384,830, reverse strandDKK4VDAC3: 42,391,624–42,407,493, forward strandVDAC3SLC20A2: 42,416,449–42,542,530, reverse strandSLC20A2SMIM19: 42,541,132–42,555,195, forward strandSMIM19CHRNB3: 42,697,341–42,738,553, forward strandCHRNB3CHRNA6: 42,752,620–42,768,786, reverse strandCHRNA6THAP1: 42,836,249–42,843,364, reverse strandTHAP1RNF170: 42,849,637–42,897,309, reverse strandRNF170HOOK3: 42,896,499–43,030,535, forward strandHOOK3: 43,018,424–43,077,334, forward strandFNTA: 43,034,194–43,085,793, forward strandFNTAPOMK: 43,093,498–43,132,733, forward strandPOMKHGSNAT: 43,140,374–43,202,855, forward strandHGSNATDiagram of CHRNA6: 6 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 8Exon 6: 42,752,620–42,753,310, 691 basesExon 5: 42,755,846–42,756,824, 979 basesExon 4: 42,756,928–42,757,037, 110 basesExon 3: 42,759,069–42,759,113, 45 basesExon 2: 42,765,065–42,765,204, 140 basesExon 1: 42,768,352–42,768,786, 435 bases6543215′3′

Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

Exons make up 2.4 kb of the gene's 16.2 kb; 1,485 of those bases code for the protein.

Where this comes from

  • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
  • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.

Cite this page

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). CHRNA6 gene: cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 6 subunit. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/chrna6

Vancouver

Dante Labs. CHRNA6 gene: cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 6 subunit [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/chrna6

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