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GENERAL INFORMATION
Gene name
SCN5A
Gene description
Sodium channel, voltage gated, type V alpha subunit
Protein class
Disease related genes FDA approved drug targets Plasma proteins Predicted intracellular proteins Predicted membrane proteins Transporters Voltage-gated ion channels
Sodium channel, voltage gated, type V alpha subunit (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The protein encoded by this gene is an integral membrane protein and tetrodotoxin-resistant voltage-gated sodium channel subunit. This protein is found primarily in cardiac muscle and is responsible for the initial upstroke of the action potential in an electrocardiogram. Defects in this gene are a cause of long QT syndrome type 3 (LQT3), an autosomal dominant cardiac disease. Alternative splicing results in several transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]