Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables acetylcholine-gated monoatomic cation-selective channel activity. Involved in membrane depolarization and response to auditory stimulus. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including chemical synaptic transmission; detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception of sound; and inner ear morphogenesis. Predicted to be located in axon and perikaryon. Predicted to be part of transmembrane transporter complex. Predicted to be active in cholinergic synapse; neuron projection; and postsynaptic specialization membrane. Orthologous to human CHRNA10 (cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 10 subunit).