connexin complex

I. Involved cell-cell interactions

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Interactors
Protein name
Directionality
Classification
1GJA1-GJA5CXA1_HUMAN - CXA5_HUMANGap-GapAdhesion by GAP junction
2GJA3-GJA1CXA3_HUMAN - CXA1_HUMANGap-GapAdhesion by GAP junction
3GJA3-GJA5CXA3_HUMAN - CXA5_HUMANGap-GapAdhesion by GAP junction
4GJA3-GJC1CXA3_HUMAN - CXG1_HUMANGap-GapAdhesion by GAP junction
5GJC1-GJA1CXG1_HUMAN - CXA1_HUMANGap-GapAdhesion by GAP junction
6GJC1-GJA5CXG1_HUMAN - CXA5_HUMANGap-GapAdhesion by GAP junction

II. Literature review

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Nameconnexin complex
IDGO_0005922
collection_id

Cellular component

Exact synonym

connexon

Description

An assembly of six molecules of connexin, made in the Golgi apparatus and subsequently transported to the plasma membrane, where docking of two connexons on apposed plasma membranes across the extracellular space forms a gap junction.

Related synonym

connexon complex

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