GJA8

GJA8
Identifiers
AliasesGJA8, CAE, CAE1, CTRCT1, CX50, CZP1, MP70, gap junction protein alpha 8
External IDsOMIM: 600897; MGI: 99953; HomoloGene: 3857; GeneCards: GJA8; OMA:GJA8 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005267

NM_008123

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005258

NP_032149

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 147.9 – 147.91 MbChr 3: 96.82 – 96.83 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Connexin50
Identifiers
SymbolConnexin50
PfamPF03509
InterProIPR002266
Available protein structures:
Pfam  structures / ECOD  
PDBRCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsumstructure summary

Gap junction alpha-8 protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GJA8 gene.[5][6][7] It is also known as connexin 50.

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000121634Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000049908Ensembl, 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. ^ Shiels A, Mackay D, Ionides A, Berry V, Moore A, Bhattacharya S (Apr 1998). "A missense mutation in the human connexin50 gene (GJA8) underlies autosomal dominant "zonular pulverulent" cataract, on chromosome 1q". Am J Hum Genet. 62 (3): 526–32. doi:10.1086/301762. PMC 1376956. PMID 9497259.
  6. ^ Church RL, Wang JH, Steele E (Aug 1995). "The human lens intrinsic membrane protein MP70 (Cx50) gene: clonal analysis and chromosome mapping". Curr Eye Res. 14 (3): 215–21. doi:10.3109/02713689509033517. PMID 7796604.
  7. ^ "Entrez Gene: GJA8 gap junction protein, alpha 8, 50kDa".