Cx23, a connexin with only four extracellular-loop cysteines, forms functional gap junction channels and hemichannels.

Abstract:

:Gap junction channels may be comprised of either connexin or pannexin proteins (innexins and pannexins). Membrane topologies of both families are similar, but sequence similarity is lacking. Recently, connexin-like sequences have been identified in mammalian and zebrafish genomes that have only four conserved cysteines in the extracellular domains (Cx23), a feature of the pannexins. Phylogenetic analyses of the non-canonical "C4" connexins reveal that these sequences are indeed connexins. Functional assays reveal that the Cx23 gap junctions are capable of sharing neurobiotin, and further, that Cx23 connexins form hemichannels in vitro.

journal_name

FEBS Lett

journal_title

FEBS letters

authors

Iovine MK,Gumpert AM,Falk MM,Mendelson TC

doi

10.1016/j.febslet.2007.11.079

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-01-23 00:00:00

pages

165-70

issue

2

eissn

0014-5793

issn

1873-3468

pii

S0014-5793(07)01233-1

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582

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