Protein Name sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 7
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 64155
Gene Symbol

Scn7a

UniProt P97706 (P97706_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 53
Total Number of Articles : 42
Description

sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 7

Gene Summary

Enables osmolarity-sensing monoatomic cation channel activity. Involved in sodium ion homeostasis. Predicted to be located in glial cell projection. Predicted to be part of voltage-gated sodium channel complex. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Biomarker of brain infarction. Orthologous to human SCN7A (sodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 7). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • sodium channel protein type 7 subunit alpha
  • glial sodium channel alpha subunit
  • nax channel
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Properties