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Gene information for SCN2A (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID6326
Official gene symbolSCN2A
Full namesodium channel, voltage-gated, type II, alpha subunit
Aliases,BFIC3,HBA,HBSCI,HBSCII,NAC2,Na(v)1.2,Nav1.2,SCN2A1,SCN2A2,
Gene summaryVoltage-gated sodium channels are transmembrane glycoprotein complexes composed of a large alpha subunit with 24 transmembrane domains and one or more regulatory beta subunits. They are responsible for the generation and propagation of action potentials in neurons and muscle. This gene encodes one member of the sodium channel alpha subunit gene family. It is heterogeneously expressed in the brain, and mutations in this gene have been linked to several seizure disorders. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been described, but the full-length nature of some of these variants has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 2   Locus: 2q23-q24
Gene position166095912 - 166248820  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size152909 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID182390