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Scnn1a Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Scnn1a
  • Name
    sodium channel, nonvoltage-gated 1 alpha
  • Synonyms
    ENaC alpha, mENaC, Scnn1
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:101782
    NCBI Gene: 20276
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    16 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr6:125297622-125321906 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
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  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 6, 59.32 cM
  • Mapping Data
    5 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    135 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • RFLP
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_101782
protein coding gene Chr6:125286657-125321906 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0031295
protein coding gene Chr6:128670346-128694096 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0031266
protein coding gene Chr6:123809498-123833505 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0031194
protein coding gene Chr6:127184807-127208138 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0031273
protein coding gene Chr6:123404633-123427968 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0030997
protein coding gene Chr6:127259697-127283046 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0031730
protein coding gene Chr6:132069853-132094394 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0028879
protein coding gene Chr6:121018854-121043396 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0030378
protein coding gene Chr6:127476215-127500057 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0030958
protein coding gene Chr6:137110908-137137307 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0031114
protein coding gene Chr6:122736291-122759839 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0031063
protein coding gene Chr6:121651644-121674985 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0031194
protein coding gene Chr6:128829133-128852496 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0031102
protein coding gene Chr6:141149032-141173633 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0031765
protein coding gene Chr6:127095921-127121435 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0030093
protein coding gene Chr6:120984973-121009568 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0029922
protein coding gene Chr6:125173558-125197658 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0030463
protein coding gene Chr6:127471233-127496184 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    SCNN1A, sodium channel epithelial 1 subunit alpha
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    2
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    SCNN1A, sodium channel epithelial 1 subunit alpha
  • Synonyms
    BESC2, ENaCa, ENaCalpha, LIDLS3, PHA1B1, SCNEA, SCNN1
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 6337
    neXtProt AC: NX_P37088
    UniProt: P37088

  • Chr Location
    12p13.31; chr12:6346843-6377730 (-)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    3 with human SCNN1A associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
IDs
IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    1 with disease annotations
  • References
    1 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    8 phenotypes from 4 alleles in 3 genetic backgrounds
    11 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    36 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Homozygotes for targeted null mutations exhibit skin with epithelial hyperplasia, abnormal nuclei, premature lipid secretion, and abnormal keratohyaline granules. Mutants die within 40 hours of birth due to inability to clear their lungs of liquid.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
non-membrane-bounded organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
Sequences &
Gene Models
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Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
genomic ENSMUSG00000030340 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 24285 C57BL/6J ±  kb
transcript ENSMUST00000081440 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 3499 Not Applicable  
polypeptide ENSMUSP00000080164 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 699 Not Applicable  
For the selected sequence
Protein
Information
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Molecular
Reagents
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  • All nucleic 39
    cDNA 35
    Primer pair 3
    Other 1

    Microarray probesets 3
Other
Accession IDs
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MGD-MRK-18590, MGD-MRK-18754
References
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  • Summaries
    All 152
    Developmental Gene Expression 19
    Diseases 1
    Gene Ontology 18
    Phenotypes 36
  • Earliest
    J:21472 Meisler MH, et al., SCNN1, an epithelial cell sodium channel gene in the conserved linkage group on mouse chromosome 6 and human chromosome 12. Genomics. 1994 Nov 1;24(1):185-6
  • Latest
    J:344094 Ehret E, et al., Kidney-Specific Membrane-Bound Serine Proteases CAP1/Prss8 and CAP3/St14 Affect ENaC Subunit Abundances but Not Its Activity. Cells. 2023 Sep 23;12(19)

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory