Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity. Involved in membrane depolarization and response to auditory stimulus. Acts upstream of or within cholinergic synaptic transmission; detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception of sound; and inner ear morphogenesis. Located in synapse. Orthologous to human CHRNA10 (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 10 subunit).