connexins

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:protein
gptkbp:alternativeTo innexins (in invertebrates)
pannexins (in vertebrates)
gptkbp:assembleToForm gap junctions
hemichannels (connexons)
gptkbp:degradedBy gptkb:lysosome
gptkb:proteasome
gptkbp:discoveredBy Jean-Paul Revel
M. J. Karnovsky
gptkbp:encodedBy GJA gene family
gptkbp:example Connexin 26 (GJB2)
Connexin 32 (GJB1)
Connexin 36 (GJD2)
Connexin 43 (GJA1)
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1967
gptkbp:foundIn vertebrates
gptkbp:function form gap junction channels
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label connexins
gptkbp:involvedIn cell-cell communication
electrical coupling
metabolic coupling
gptkbp:mutationAssociatedWith deafness
neurological disorders
skin disorders
cardiac arrhythmias
gptkbp:numberOfGenes 21
gptkbp:presentIn gptkb:skin
brain
heart
liver
lens of the eye
gptkbp:regulates phosphorylation
sumoylation
ubiquitination
gptkbp:structure four transmembrane domains
cytoplasmic N- and C-termini
one intracellular loop
two extracellular loops
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:GJB1
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7