Gap junction protein beta 3
Sign in to saveAlso known as gap junction protein, beta 3, 31kDa, GJB3, gap junction beta-3 protein, connexin 31, Cx31, Connexin-31
Gap junction beta-3 protein (GJB3), also known as connexin 31 (Cx31) — is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GJB3 gene.
Protein · UniProt
Gap junction beta-3 protein
- Gene
- GJB3
- Organism
- Homo sapiens (Human)
- Length
- 270 aa
- Molecular mass
- 30,818 Da
- Evidence
- 1: Evidence at protein level
One gap junction consists of a cluster of closely packed pairs of transmembrane channels, the connexons, through which materials of low MW diffuse from one cell to a neighboring cell
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Gap junction beta-3 protein (GJB3), also known as connexin 31 (Cx31) — is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GJB3 gene.
== Function ==
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