FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as SCN1A_HUMAN, SCN1A, NAC1, SCN1. Mediates the voltage-dependent sodium ion permeability of excitable membranes. Assuming opened or closed conformations in response to the voltage difference across the membrane, the protein forms a sodium-selective channel through which Na(+) ions may pass in accordance with their electrochemical gradient. Plays a key role in brain, probably by regulating the moment when neurotransmitters are released in neurons. Involved in sensory perception of mechanical pain: activation in somatosensory neurons induces pain without neurogenic inflammation and produces hypersensitivity to mechanical, but not thermal stimuli. The voltage-sensitive sodium channel consists of an ion conducting pore forming alpha-subunit regulated by one or more beta-1 (SCN1B), beta-2 (SCN2B), beta-3 (SCN3B) and/or beta-4 (SCN4B). Beta-1 (SCN1B) and beta-3 (SCN3B) are non-covalently associated with alpha, while beta-2 (SCN2B) and beta-4 (SCN4B) are covalently linked by disulfide bonds. Interacts with FGF13 (PubMed:21566136). Interacts with SCN1B (PubMed:17928445, PubMed:15525788). Interacts with the conotoxin GVIIJ (PubMed:24497506). Interacts with the spider beta/delta-theraphotoxin-Pre1a (PubMed:28428547).

EXTERNAL LINKS

SCN1A

Sodium channel protein type 1 subunit alpha

SCN1A

Molecular Synopsis