About Sodium channel protein type 9 subunit alpha
Sodium channel protein type 9 subunit alpha (SCN9A) is a protein
from Homo sapiens identified by UniProt accession
Q15858, 1988 residues long.
MolForge cross-references it against 0 known binders and
543 disease associations.
Target properties
| Protein name | Sodium channel protein type 9 subunit alpha |
| UniProt accession | Q15858 |
| Gene | SCN9A |
| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Length | 1988 residues |
| Molecular weight | — |
| EC numbers | — |
| Target class | UNCLASSIFIED |
| Subcellular location | — |
| Keywords | — |
Druggability
Target tractability assessment (Open Targets + pocket analysis). No approved drug
| Druggability tier | MEDIUM |
| Druggability score | — |
| Pocket score | — |
| Max clinical phase | — |
Approved drugs hitting this target (16)
DrugCentral-linked approved drugs that act on this protein.
Disease associations (543)
Diseases linked to this target (Open Targets).
- primary erythermalgia · score 0.82
- paroxysmal extreme pain disorder · score 0.80
- Channelopathy-associated congenital insensitivity to pain · score 0.74
- channelopathy-associated congenital insensitivity to pain, autosomal recessive · score 0.73
- hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type 2 · score 0.65
- generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus, type 7 · score 0.65
- Seizure · score 0.65
- epilepsy · score 0.64
- pain · score 0.61
- bipolar disorder · score 0.61
3D Structure (1)
Experimental (PDB) and predicted (AlphaFold) structures for this protein.
| Structure | Source | Method | Mean pLDDT | Resolution (Å) |
| AF-Q15858-F1 | alphafold | PREDICTED | 69.07 | — |
Amino-acid sequence (1988 residues)
MAMLPPPGPQ SFVHFTKQSL ALIEQRIAER KSKEPKEEKK DDDEEAPKPS SDLEAGKQLP FIYGDIPPGM VSEPLEDLDP YYADKKTFIV LNKGKTIFRF NATPALYMLS PFSPLRRISI KILVHSLFSM LIMCTILTNC IFMTMNNPPD WTKNVEYTFT GIYTFESLVK ILARGFCVGE FTFLRDPWNW LDFVVIVFAY LTEFVNLGNV SALRTFRVLR ALKTISVIPG LKTIVGALIQ SVKKLSDVMI LTVFCLSVFA LIGLQLFMGN LKHKCFRNSL ENNETLESIM NTLESEEDFR KYFYYLEGSK DALLCGFSTD SGQCPEGYTC VKIGRNPDYG YTSFDTFSWA FLALFRLMTQ DYWENLYQQT LRAAGKTYMI FFVVVIFLGS FYLINLILAV VAMAYEEQNQ ANIEEAKQKE LEFQQMLDRL KKEQEEAEAI AAAAAEYTSI RRSRIMGLSE SSSETSKLSS KSAKERRNRR KKKNQKKLSS GEEKGDAEKL SKSESEDSIR RKSFHLGVEG HRRAHEKRLS TPNQSPLSIR GSLFSARRSS RTSLFSFKGR GRDIGSETEF ADDEHSIFGD NESRRGSLFV PHRPQERRSS NISQASRSPP MLPVNGKMHS AVDCNGVVSL VDGRSALMLP NGQLLPEVII DKATSDDSGT TNQIHKKRRC SSYLLSEDML NDPNLRQRAM SRASILTNTV EELEESRQKC PPWWYRFAHK FLIWNCSPYW IKFKKCIYFI VMDPFVDLAI TICIVLNTLF MAMEHHPMTE EFKNVLAIGN LVFTGIFAAE MVLKLIAMDP YEYFQVGWNI FDSLIVTLSL VELFLADVEG LSVLRSFRLL RVFKLAKSWP TLNMLIKIIG NSVGALGNLT LVLAIIVFIF AVVGMQLFGK SYKECVCKIN DDCTLPRWHM NDFFHSFLIV FRVLCGEWIE TMWDCMEVAG QAMCLIVYMM VMVIGNLVVL NLFLALLLSS FSSDNLTAIE EDPDANNLQI AVTRIKKGIN YVKQTLREFI LKAFSKKPKI SREIRQAEDL NTKKENYISN HTLAEMSKGH NFLKEKDKIS GFGSSVDKHL MEDSDGQSFI HNPSLTVTVP IAPGESDLEN MNAEELSSDS DSEYSKVRLN RSSSSECSTV DNPLPGEGEE AEAEPMNSDE PEACFTDGCV WRFSCCQVNI ESGKGKIWWN IRKTCYKIVE HSWFESFIVL MILLSSGALA FEDIYIERKK TIKIILEYAD KIFTYIFILE MLLKWIAYGY KTYFTNAWCW LDFLIVDVSL VTLVANTLGY SDLGPIKSLR TLRALRPLRA LSRFEGMRVV VNALIGAIPS IMNVLLVCLI FWLIFSIMGV NLFAGKFYEC INTTDGSRFP ASQVPNRSEC FALMNVSQNV RWKNLKVNFD NVGLGYLSLL QVATFKGWTI IMYAAVDSVN VDKQPKYEYS LYMYIYFVVF IIFGSFFTLN LFIGVIIDNF NQQKKKLGGQ DIFMTEEQKK YYNAMKKLGS KKPQKPIPRP GNKIQGCIFD LVTNQAFDIS IMVLICLNMV TMMVEKEGQS QHMTEVLYWI NVVFIILFTG ECVLKLISLR HYYFTVGWNI FDFVVVIISI VGMFLADLIE TYFVSPTLFR VIRLARIGRI LRLVKGAKGI RTLLFALMMS LPALFNIGLL LFLVMFIYAI FGMSNFAYVK KEDGINDMFN FETFGNSMIC LFQITTSAGW DGLLAPILNS KPPDCDPKKV HPGSSVEGDC GNPSVGIFYF VSYIIISFLV VVNMYIAVIL ENFSVATEES TEPLSEDDFE MFYEVWEKFD PDATQFIEFS KLSDFAAALD PPLLIAKPNK VQLIAMDLPM VSGDRIHCLD ILFAFTKRVL GESGEMDSLR SQMEERFMSA NPSKVSYEPI TTTLKRKQED VSATVIQRAY RRYRLRQNVK NISSIYIKDG DRDDDLLNKK DMAFDNVNEN SSPEKTDATS STTSPPSYDS VTKPDKEKYE QDRTEKEDKG KDSKESKK
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