Gene entry
CHRNA5
cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 5 subunit
- Chromosome
- 15
- Cytoband
- 15q25.1
- Variants (rsID)
- 17
CHRNA5 is a protein-coding gene, meaning the body reads it as instructions to build a protein, located on chromosome 15 (region 15q25.1). Its official name is “cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 5 subunit”. The reference table lists 17 variants (rsID) for this gene.
Clinically classified variants
1 reference-table entries with clinical significance.
- rs16969968Drug responsesingle nucleotide variantLung cancer susceptibility 2|Smoking as a quantitative trait locus 3|nicotine response - Toxicity
Other listed variants
Public references
Data from the institutional reference table and public NCBI annotation. For education only; not a substitute for medical or genetic counselling.