Entity Details

Primary name SCN4A
Entity type gene
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PrimaryID6329
RefseqGeneNG_011699
SymbolSCN4A
Namesodium voltage-gated channel alpha subunit 4
Chromosome17
Location17q23.3
TaxID9606
Statuslive
SourceGenomegenomic
SourceOriginnatural
CreationDate1991-03-22
ModificationDate2021-06-20

Ontological Relatives

UniProt IDsSCN4A_HUMAN

GO terms

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GOName
GO:0001518 voltage-gated sodium channel complex
GO:0005244 voltage-gated ion channel activity
GO:0005248 voltage-gated sodium channel activity
GO:0005887 integral component of plasma membrane
GO:0006814 sodium ion transport
GO:0006936 muscle contraction
GO:0019228 neuronal action potential
GO:0030424 axon
GO:0034765 regulation of ion transmembrane transport
GO:0035725 sodium ion transmembrane transport
GO:0086010 membrane depolarization during action potential
GO:0100001 regulation of skeletal muscle contraction by action potential

Diseases

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Disease IDSourceNameDescription
170500 OMIMPeriodic paralysis hyperkalemic (HYPP)An autosomal dominant channelopathy characterized by episodic flaccid generalized muscle weakness associated with high levels of serum potassium. Concurrence of myotonia is found in HYPP patients. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
170500 OMIMPeriodic paralysis hyperkalemic (HYPP)An autosomal dominant channelopathy characterized by episodic flaccid generalized muscle weakness associated with high levels of serum potassium. Concurrence of myotonia is found in HYPP patients. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
168300 OMIMParamyotonia congenita of von Eulenburg (PMC)An autosomal dominant channelopathy characterized by myotonia, increased by exposure to cold, intermittent flaccid paresis, not necessarily dependent on cold or myotonia, lability of serum potassium, non-progressive nature and lack of atrophy or hypertrophy of muscles. In some patients, myotonia is not increased by cold exposure (paramyotonia without cold paralysis). Patients may have a combination phenotype of PMC and HYPP. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
613345 OMIMPeriodic paralysis hypokalemic 2 (HOKPP2)An autosomal dominant disorder manifested by episodic flaccid generalized muscle weakness associated with falls of serum potassium levels. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
614198 OMIMMyasthenic syndrome, congenital, 16 (CMS16)A form of congenital myasthenic syndrome, a group of disorders characterized by failure of neuromuscular transmission, including pre-synaptic, synaptic, and post-synaptic disorders that are not of autoimmune origin. Clinical features are easy fatigability and muscle weakness. CMS16 is characterized by fatigable generalized weakness and recurrent attacks of respiratory and bulbar paralysis since birth. The fatigable weakness involves lid-elevator, external ocular, facial, limb and truncal muscles and an decremental response of the compound muscle action potential on repetitive stimulation. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
608390 OMIMMyotonia SCN4A-related (MYOSCN4A)A phenotypically highly variable myotonia aggravated by potassium loading, and sometimes by cold. Myotonia is characterized by sustained muscle tensing that prevents muscles from relaxing normally. It causes muscle stiffness that can interfere with movement. In some people the stiffness is very mild, while in other cases it may be severe enough to interfere with walking, running, and other activities of daily life. Myotonia SCN4A-related includes myotonia permanens and myotonia fluctuans. In myotonia permanens, the myotonia is generalized and there is a hypertrophy of the muscle, particularly in the neck and the shoulder. Attacks of severe muscle stiffness of the thoracic muscles may be life threatening due to impaired ventilation. In myotonia fluctuans, the muscle stiffness may fluctuate from day to day, provoked by exercise. The disease is caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.