ADRA2A (Entrez ID: 150)

Entrez Gene ID 150
Official Gene Symbol ADRA2A (GeneCards)
Full name adrenoceptor alpha 2A
Location 10q25.2
Other ids Vega : OTTHUMG00000019050
MIM : 104210
HGNC : HGNC:281
Ensembl : ENSG00000150594
Other names ADRA2, ADRAR, ZNF32, ADRA2R, ALPHA2AAR
Summary Alpha-2-adrenergic receptors are members of the G protein-coupled receptor superfamily. They include 3 highly homologous subtypes: alpha2A, alpha2B, and alpha2C. These receptors have a critical role in regulating neurotransmitter release from sympathetic nerves and from adrenergic neurons in the central nervous system. Studies in mouse revealed that both the alpha2A and alpha2C subtypes were required for normal presynaptic control of transmitter release from sympathetic nerves in the heart and from central noradrenergic neurons; the alpha2A subtype inhibited transmitter release at high stimulation frequencies, whereas the alpha2C subtype modulated neurotransmission at lower levels of nerve activity. This gene encodes alpha2A subtype and it contains no introns in either its coding or untranslated sequences. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Variants

Found 17 variants in this database.