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GJD2

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GJD2
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesGJD2, CX36, GJA9, gap junction protein delta 2
External IDsOMIM: 607058; MGI: 1334209; HomoloGene: 7734; GeneCards: GJD2; OMA:GJD2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_020660

NM_010290

RefSeq (protein)

NP_065711

NP_034420

Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 34.75 – 34.75 MbChr 2: 113.84 – 113.84 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Gap junction delta-2 protein (GJD2), also known as connexin-36 (Cx36) or gap junction alpha-9 protein (GJA9), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GJD2 gene.[5][6]

Function

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GJD2, also called connexin-36 (CX36), is a member of the connexin gene family that is expressed predominantly in mammalian neurons. Connexins associate in groups of 6 and are organized radially around a central pore to form connexons. Each gap junction intercellular channel is formed by the conjunction of 2 connexons. See GJB2 for additional background information on connexins.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000159248Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000068615Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Belluardo N, Trovato-Salinaro A, Mudo G, Hurd YL, Condorelli DF (Oct 1999). "Structure, chromosomal localization, and brain expression of human Cx36 gene". J Neurosci Res. 57 (5): 740–52. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990901)57:5<740::AID-JNR16>3.0.CO;2-Z. PMID 10462698. S2CID 496510.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: GJA9 gap junction protein, alpha 9, 36kDa".

Further reading

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  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q9UKL4 (Gap junction delta-2 protein) at the PDBe-KB.