a(CHEBI:nicotine) increases tloc(a(HBP:"alpha-4-containing nAChR"), fromLoc(GO:"endoplasmic reticulum"), toLoc(GO:"extracellular region"))

PubMed:21482353

The chaperoning of nAChRs by nicotine enhances the export of alpha4beta2 nAChRs from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and this leads to a general increase in ER exit sites (Srinivasan et al., 2011)

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