ERGR - Ethanol-Related Gene Resource

Gene Information

Gene ID:

Symbol:

SNCA

Full Name:

synuclein, alpha (non A4 component of amyloid precursor)

Alias:

MGC110988|NACP|PARK1|PARK4|PD1

Organism:

Homo sapiens (Human)

Chromosome:

Genetic Location:

4q21

Physical Location:

90865727-90977155 on NC_000004.10, complement

Gene Type:

protein-coding

Orthologs:

This gene has no orthologs in other dataset(s).

Gene in Ethanol Study Datasets

Gene Information

Original ID1:		L08850
Fold Change:		1.6, 1.4
Note:		Differential Expression on the cDNA array (two fold changes are from two case groups)

Dataset Information

Name:		11141048
Method:		Microarray
Tissue:		Frontal cortex
Phenotype:		Alcohol dependence (AD)/Alcohol abuse/Alcoholism
Publication:		Lewohl et al. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. (2000) Gene expression in human alcoholism: microarray analysis of frontal cortex. PubMed
Summary:		RNA was extracted from postmortem samples of superior frontal cortex of alcoholics and nonalcoholics. Relative levels of RNA were determined by array techniques. This study used both cDNA and oligonucleotide microarrays to provide coverage of a large number of genes and to allow cross-validation for those genes represented on both types of arrays. Expression levels were determined for over 4000 genes and 163 of these were found to differ by 40% or more between alcoholics and nonalcoholics.

Gene Information

Original ID1:

AI634801

Dataset Information

Name:		12065639
Method:		Microarray
Tissue:		Frontal and motor cortices
Phenotype:		Alcohol dependence (AD)/Alcohol abuse/Alcoholism
Publication:		Mayfield et al. J Neurochem. (2002) Patterns of gene expression are altered in the frontal and motor cortices of human alcoholics. PubMed
Summary:		We used cDNA microarrays to analyze expression of approximately 10 000 genes in the frontal and motor cortices of three groups of chronic alcoholic and matched control cases. Fluorescent intensity ratios of 1.4-fold or greater in either direction (representing the 99% confidence interval) were used to indicate differentially expressed genes.

Gene Information

Original ID1:

SNCA

Dataset Information

Name:		Literature Search
Method:		Literature search
Summary:		We search all human protein coding gene names and the keywords Alcohol or Ethanol or Alcoholism in the title or abstract of all PUBMED publications. For those gene name less than 3 characters or search result hits more than 100, we use the full name to search again and manually check the results to reduce false positive.

Gene Information

HuGE Navigator Dataset

Name:		HuGE Navigator
Method:		Literature data mining
Publication:		Wei Yu, Melinda Clyne, Anja Wulf, Ajay Yesupriya, Marta Gwinn and Muin J. Khoury. Phenopedia. HuGE Navigator. Available at: http://www.hugenavigator.net/HuGENavigator/startPagePhenoPedia.do. Accessed [Jun. 10, 2008].
Summary:		HuGE Navigator Phenopedia provides a disease-centered view of genetic association studies summarized in the online Human Genome Epidemiology (HuGE) encyclopedia. We extracted genes associated to 9 Alcohol-related diseases (Alcohol Amnestic Disorder; Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium; Alcohol Withdrawal Seizures; Alcohol-Induced Disorders; Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System; Alcohol-Related Disorders; Alcoholic Intoxication; Alcoholic Neuropathy; Alcoholism) from HuGE Navigator Phenopedia.

Gene Refseq Sequence Annotation

Gene Ontology (GO) Annotation

GO ID	GO Term	Category	Evidence (PubMed)
GO:0005634	nucleus	Cellular Component	IEA
GO:0005737	cytoplasm	Cellular Component	TAS (8248242)
GO:0016020	membrane	Cellular Component	IEA
GO:0005515	protein binding	Molecular Function	IPI (11956199)
GO:0006916	anti-apoptosis	Biological Process	TAS (10818098)
GO:0007417	central nervous system development	Biological Process	TAS (9197268)