GJA8

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures / ECOD
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

Connexin50
Connexin50
Identifiers
Symbol	Connexin50
Pfam	PF03509
InterPro	IPR002266
Pfam
Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures / ECOD
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

GJA8
Identifiers
Aliases	GJA8, CAE, CAE1, CTRCT1, CX50, CZP1, MP70, gap junction protein alpha 8
External IDs	OMIM: 600897; MGI: 99953; HomoloGene: 3857; GeneCards: GJA8; OMA:GJA8 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	147,909,269 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 3 (mouse)
End	96,833,336 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	left testis; ; right testis; ; muscle tissue; ; kidney; ; human kidney; ; connective tissue; ; smooth muscle tissue; ; adipose tissue; ; right lobe of liver; ; viscus;
	Top expressed in
	lens; ; epithelium of lens; ; neural layer of retina; ; tail of embryo; ; sternocleidomastoid muscle;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	channel activity; gap junction channel activity;
Cellular component	integral component of membrane; gap junction; cell junction; plasma membrane; integral component of plasma membrane; connexin complex; membrane;
Biological process	cell communication; cell-cell signaling; camera-type eye development; lens development in camera-type eye; protein homooligomerization; transmembrane transport; visual perception; gap junction-mediated intercellular transport;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	2703
	14616
	ENSG00000121634
	ENSMUSG00000049908
	P48165
	P28236
	NM_005267
	NM_008123
	NP_005258
	NP_032149
	Wikidata
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Gap junction alpha-8 protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GJA8 gene. It is also known as connexin 50.