[Term] id: PR:000000686 name: cGMP-gated cation channel alpha-1 def: "A cyclic nucleotide-gated channel alpha subunit that is a translation product of the human CNGA1 gene or a 1:1 ortholog thereof. In the retina, these proteins can be activated by cyclic GMP which leads to an opening of the cation channel and thereby causing a depolarization of rod photoreceptors." [PRO:CNA] comment: Category=gene. synonym: "CNCG" RELATED Gene-based [] synonym: "CNG1" EXACT [] synonym: "CNCG1" RELATED Gene-based [] synonym: "CNG-1" EXACT [] synonym: "CNGA1" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DNx] synonym: "CNG channel alpha-1" EXACT [] synonym: "cyclic nucleotide-gated channel alpha-1" EXACT [] synonym: "cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel 1" EXACT [] synonym: "cyclic nucleotide-gated channel, photoreceptor" EXACT [] synonym: "rod photoreceptor cGMP-gated channel subunit alpha" EXACT [] xref: IUPHARobj:394 is_a: PR:000000673 ! cyclic nucleotide-gated channel alpha subunit [Term] id: PR:Q62927 name: cGMP-gated cation channel alpha-1 (rat) def: "A cGMP-gated cation channel alpha-1 that is encoded in the genome of rat." [OMA:Q62927, PANTHER:PTHR10217:SF387, PRO:DNx] comment: Category=organism-gene. synonym: "Cncg" RELATED Gene-based [UniProtKB:Q62927] synonym: "Cncg1" RELATED Gene-based [UniProtKB:Q62927] synonym: "Cnga1" RELATED Gene-based [UniProtKB:Q62927] synonym: "rCNGA1" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DNx] synonym: "CNG1 (rat)" EXACT [UniProtKB:Q62927] synonym: "CNG-1 (rat)" EXACT [UniProtKB:Q62927] synonym: "CNG channel alpha-1 (rat)" EXACT [UniProtKB:Q62927] synonym: "cyclic nucleotide-gated channel alpha-1 (rat)" EXACT [UniProtKB:Q62927] synonym: "cyclic nucleotide-gated cation channel 1 (rat)" EXACT [UniProtKB:Q62927] synonym: "cyclic nucleotide-gated channel, photoreceptor (rat)" EXACT [UniProtKB:Q62927] synonym: "rod photoreceptor cGMP-gated channel subunit alpha (rat)" EXACT [UniProtKB:Q62927] xref: UniProtKB:Q62927 intersection_of: only_in_taxon NCBITaxon:10116 ! Rattus norvegicus intersection_of: PR:000000686 ! cGMP-gated cation channel alpha-1 relationship: has_gene_template RGD:621815 ! Cnga1 (rat)