Protein
Acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-type des-2
Organism
Caenorhabditis elegans
Function
Subunit of the non-synaptic neuronal acetylcholine receptor (AChR), which may play a role in chemotaxis towards choline. After binding choline or acetylcholine, the AChR responds by an extensive change in conformation that affects all subunits and leads to opening of an ion-conducting channel across the plasma membrane.
Similarity
Belongs to the ligand-gated ion channel (TC 1.A.9) family. Acetylcholine receptor (TC 1.A.9.1) subfamily.
Sequence
MLIIIQSLLLATTASLCIADTPVPTQIRLVHDLLDNYDKKAKPMWDNSKPINVSFSMDLYQILELNEPQQYILLNAWIIERWFDEFLYWNPDDYENITELRLPYDSIWLPDTTLYNSLVMKDDDTRRLLNSKLTTDTHRRAALIELLYPTIYKFSCLLDLRFFPFDVQVCTMTFSSWTYDQKGIDYFPYSDKIGTSNYLENEGWYILQTKIKRQEVKYACCPNNYTLLQLTLYLRRKPLFYLVNLIIPTSIITLIAIVGFFTTSSASGMREEKVSLGITTLLSMSILMLMVSDQMPTTSTFIPLIGWFILAMIIVISLGTVVSSVIIAIQKRGSLGERMSKRALKFAKVLAWFTCTSLPPHVEKEHMMEAFDAPTPLVEVRPLQLASVKESVRNKWVSGARRATQRGNSGLALISDKSTDPLIHLSPTAHQPDESISPSAPPVPSSSPLPPPLTPGPADDVVSVASELSSKFLTSRMRPKSQKDNTFAAMQSSIKANRQLAVAEFEWFATVVERTCFVIFVVAFLIITFGINFIGFIHWHQAGVEYGG