4ZK41136110834ENSG00000080644ENSMUSG00000032303P32297Q8R4G9NM_000743NM_001166694NM_145129NP_000734NP_001160166NP_660111Neuronal acetylcholine receptor subunit alpha-3, also known as nAChRα3, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CHRNA3 gene.

[5][6] The protein encoded by this gene is a subunit of certain nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAchR).

Research with mecamylamine in animals has implicated alpha-3-containing nAChRs in the abusive and addictive properties of ethanol.

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