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UniProtKB - P16863 (CXA1_XENLA)

Entry version 112 (02 Jun 2021)
Sequence version 2 (23 Jan 2007)
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Protein

Gap junction alpha-1 protein

Gene

gja1

Organism
Xenopus laevis (African clawed frog)
Status
Reviewed-Annotation score:

Annotation score:4 out of 5

<p>The annotation score provides a heuristic measure of the annotation content of a UniProtKB entry or proteome. This score <strong>cannot</strong> be used as a measure of the accuracy of the annotation as we cannot define the 'correct annotation' for any given protein.<p><a href='/help/annotation_score' target='_top'>More...</a></p>-Experimental evidence at transcript leveli <p>This indicates the type of evidence that supports the existence of the protein. Note that the 'protein existence' evidence does not give information on the accuracy or correctness of the sequence(s) displayed.<p><a href='/help/protein_existence' target='_top'>More...</a></p>

<p>This section provides any useful information about the protein, mostly biological knowledge.<p><a href='/help/function_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Functioni

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. Plays an essential role in gap junction communication in the ventricles.

By similarity

<p>The <a href="http://www.geneontology.org/">Gene Ontology (GO)</a> project provides a set of hierarchical controlled vocabulary split into 3 categories:<p><a href='/help/gene_ontology' target='_top'>More...</a></p>GO - Molecular functioni

Complete GO annotation on QuickGO ...

GO - Biological processi

Complete GO annotation on QuickGO ...

<p>This section provides information about the protein and gene name(s) and synonym(s) and about the organism that is the source of the protein sequence.<p><a href='/help/names_and_taxonomy_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Names & Taxonomyi

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names_and_taxonomy_section">Names and taxonomy</a> section provides an exhaustive list of all names of the protein, from commonly used to obsolete, to allow unambiguous identification of a protein.<p><a href='/help/protein_names' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Protein namesi
Recommended name:
Gap junction alpha-1 protein
Alternative name(s):
Connexin-43
Short name:
Cx43
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names_and_taxonomy_section">Names and taxonomy</a> section indicates the name(s) of the gene(s) that code for the protein sequence(s) described in the entry. Four distinct tokens exist: 'Name', 'Synonyms', 'Ordered locus names' and 'ORF names'.<p><a href='/help/gene_name' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Gene namesi
Name:gja1
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names_and_taxonomy_section">Names and taxonomy</a> section provides information on the name(s) of the organism that is the source of the protein sequence.<p><a href='/help/organism-name' target='_top'>More...</a></p>OrganismiXenopus laevis (African clawed frog)
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names_and_taxonomy_section">Names and taxonomy</a> section shows the unique identifier assigned by the NCBI to the source organism of the protein. This is known as the 'taxonomic identifier' or 'taxid'.<p><a href='/help/taxonomic_identifier' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Taxonomic identifieri8355 [NCBI]
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/names_and_taxonomy_section">Names and taxonomy</a> section contains the taxonomic hierarchical classification lineage of the source organism. It lists the nodes as they appear top-down in the taxonomic tree, with the more general grouping listed first.<p><a href='/help/taxonomic_lineage' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Taxonomic lineageiEukaryota › Metazoa › Chordata › Craniata › Vertebrata › Euteleostomi › Amphibia › Batrachia › Anura › Pipoidea › Pipidae › Xenopodinae › Xenopus › Xenopus

Organism-specific databases

Xenopus laevis and tropicalis biology and genomics resource

More...Xenbasei		XB-GENE-876609, gja1.L

<p>This section provides information on the location and the topology of the mature protein in the cell.<p><a href='/help/subcellular_location_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subcellular locationi

Topology

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/subcellular_location_section">'Subcellular location'</a> section describes the subcellular compartment where each non-membrane region of a membrane-spanning protein is found.<p><a href='/help/topo_dom' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Topological domaini2 – 23CytoplasmicBy similarityAdd BLAST22
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/subcellular_location_section">'Subcellular location'</a> section describes the extent of a membrane-spanning region of the protein. It denotes the presence of both alpha-helical transmembrane regions and the membrane spanning regions of beta-barrel transmembrane proteins.<p><a href='/help/transmem' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Transmembranei24 – 44HelicalSequence analysisAdd BLAST21
Topological domaini45 – 76ExtracellularBy similarityAdd BLAST32
Transmembranei77 – 97HelicalSequence analysisAdd BLAST21
Topological domaini98 – 163CytoplasmicBy similarityAdd BLAST66
Transmembranei164 – 184HelicalSequence analysisAdd BLAST21
Topological domaini185 – 207ExtracellularBy similarityAdd BLAST23
Transmembranei208 – 228HelicalSequence analysisAdd BLAST21
Topological domaini229 – 379CytoplasmicBy similarityAdd BLAST151

<p>UniProtKB Keywords constitute a <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/keywords">controlled vocabulary</a> with a hierarchical structure. Keywords summarise the content of a UniProtKB entry and facilitate the search for proteins of interest.<p><a href='/help/keywords' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Keywords - Cellular componenti

Cell junction, Cell membrane, Gap junction, Membrane

<p>This section describes post-translational modifications (PTMs) and/or processing events.<p><a href='/help/ptm_processing_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>PTM / Processingi

Molecule processing

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/ptm_processing_section">PTM / Processing</a> section indicates that the initiator methionine is cleaved from the mature protein.<p><a href='/help/init_met' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Initiator methionineiRemovedBy similarity
<p>This subsection of the 'PTM / Processing' section describes the extent of a polypeptide chain in the mature protein following processing or proteolytic cleavage.<p><a href='/help/chain' target='_top'>More...</a></p>ChainiPRO_00000578062 – 379Gap junction alpha-1 proteinAdd BLAST378

Amino acid modifications

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
<p>This subsection of the PTM / Processing":/help/ptm_processing_section section describes the positions of cysteine residues participating in disulfide bonds.<p><a href='/help/disulfid' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Disulfide bondi54 ↔ 192By similarity
Disulfide bondi187 ↔ 198By similarity

Keywords - PTMi

Disulfide bond

<p>This section provides information on the expression of a gene at the mRNA or protein level in cells or in tissues of multicellular organisms.<p><a href='/help/expression_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Expressioni

<p>This subsection of the 'Expression' section provides information on the expression of a gene at the mRNA or protein level in cells or in tissues of multicellular organisms. By default, the information is derived from experiments at the mRNA level, unless specified 'at protein level'.<br></br>Examples: <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P92958#expression">P92958</a>, <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q8TDN4#expression">Q8TDN4</a>, <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O14734#expression">O14734</a><p><a href='/help/tissue_specificity' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Tissue specificityi

Expressed in most tissues. Highest levels found in eye and brain.

<p>This subsection of the 'Expression' section provides information on the expression of the gene product at various stages of a cell, tissue or organism development. By default, the information is derived from experiments at the mRNA level, unless specified 'at the protein level'.<p><a href='/help/developmental_stage' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Developmental stagei

Appears during organogenesis.

<p>This section provides information on the quaternary structure of a protein and on interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes.<p><a href='/help/interaction_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Interactioni

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/interaction_section">'Interaction'</a> section provides information about the protein quaternary structure and interaction(s) with other proteins or protein complexes (with the exception of physiological receptor-ligand interactions which are annotated in the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/function_section">'Function'</a> section).<p><a href='/help/subunit_structure' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Subunit structurei

A connexon is composed of a hexamer of connexins.

Interacts with TMEM65.

By similarity

<p>This section provides information on the tertiary and secondary structure of a protein.<p><a href='/help/structure_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Structurei

<p>This section provides information on sequence similarities with other proteins and the domain(s) present in a protein.<p><a href='/help/family_and_domains_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Family & Domainsi

Region

Feature keyPosition(s)DescriptionActionsGraphical viewLength
<p>This subsection of the 'Family and Domains' section describes a region of interest that cannot be described in other subsections.<p><a href='/help/region' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Regioni322 – 379DisorderedSequence analysisAdd BLAST58

<p>This subsection of the 'Family and domains' section provides information about the sequence similarity with other proteins.<p><a href='/help/sequence_similarities' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence similaritiesi

Belongs to the connexin family. Alpha-type (group II) subfamily.Curated

Keywords - Domaini

Transmembrane, Transmembrane helix

Phylogenomic databases

Identification of Orthologs from Complete Genome Data

More...OMAi		LVIQWYM

Database of Orthologous Groups

More...OrthoDBi		823525at2759

Family and domain databases

Gene3D Structural and Functional Annotation of Protein Families

More...Gene3Di		1.20.1440.80, 1 hit
1.20.5.1130, 1 hit

Integrated resource of protein families, domains and functional sites

More...InterProi		View protein in InterPro
IPR035091, Alpha_helix_dom_sf
IPR000500, Connexin
IPR002261, Connexin43
IPR013124, Connexin43_C
IPR034634, Connexin_C
IPR019570, Connexin_CCC
IPR017990, Connexin_CS
IPR013092, Connexin_N
IPR038359, Connexin_N_sf

The PANTHER Classification System

More...PANTHERi		PTHR11984, PTHR11984, 1 hit
PTHR11984:SF33, PTHR11984:SF33, 1 hit

Pfam protein domain database

More...Pfami		View protein in Pfam
PF00029, Connexin, 1 hit
PF03508, Connexin43, 1 hit

Protein Motif fingerprint database; a protein domain database

More...PRINTSi		PR00206, CONNEXIN
PR01132, CONNEXINA1

Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool; a protein domain database

More...SMARTi		View protein in SMART
SM00037, CNX, 1 hit
SM01089, Connexin_CCC, 1 hit

Superfamily database of structural and functional annotation

More...SUPFAMi		SSF118220, SSF118220, 1 hit

PROSITE; a protein domain and family database

More...PROSITEi		View protein in PROSITE
PS00407, CONNEXINS_1, 1 hit
PS00408, CONNEXINS_2, 1 hit

<p>This section displays by default the canonical protein sequence and upon request all isoforms described in the entry. It also includes information pertinent to the sequence(s), including <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequence_length">length</a> and <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences">molecular weight</a>. The information is filed in different subsections. The current subsections and their content are listed below:<p><a href='/help/sequences_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequencei

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences_section">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical_and_isoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is complete or not.<p><a href='/help/sequence_status' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence statusi: Complete.

<p>This subsection of the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/sequences_section">Sequence</a> section indicates if the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical_and_isoforms">canonical sequence</a> displayed by default in the entry is in its mature form or if it represents the precursor.<p><a href='/help/sequence_processing' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Sequence processingi: The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.

P16863-1 [UniParc]FASTAAdd to basket
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        10         20         30         40         50
MGDWSALGRL LDKVQAYSTA GGKVWLSVLF IFRILLLGTA VESAWGDEQS 
        60         70         80         90        100
AFVCNTQQPG CENVCYDKSF PISHVRFWVL QIIFVSTPTL LYLAHVFYLM 
       110        120        130        140        150
RKEEKLNRKE EELKMVQNEG GNVDMHLKQI EIKKFKYGLE EHGKVKMRGG 
       160        170        180        190        200
LLRTYIISIL FKSVFEVGFI IIQWYMYGFS LSAIYTCKRD PCPHQVDCFL 
       210        220        230        240        250
SRPTEKTIFI WFMLIVSIVS LALNIIELFY VTYKSIKDGI KGKKDPFSAT 
       260        270        280        290        300
NDAVISGKEC GSPKYAYFNG CSSPTAPMSP PGYKLVTGER NPSSCRNYNK 
       310        320        330        340        350
QASEQNWANY SAEQNRMGQA GSTISNTHAQ PFDFSDEHQN TKKMAPGHEM 
       360        370 
QPLTILDQRP SSRASSHASS RPRPDDLEI
Length:379
Mass (Da):42,961
Last modified:January 23, 2007 - v2
<p>The checksum is a form of redundancy check that is calculated from the sequence. It is useful for tracking sequence updates.</p> <p>It should be noted that while, in theory, two different sequences could have the same checksum value, the likelihood that this would happen is extremely low.</p> <p>However UniProtKB may contain entries with identical sequences in case of multiple genes (paralogs).</p> <p>The checksum is computed as the sequence 64-bit Cyclic Redundancy Check value (CRC64) using the generator polynomial: x<sup>64</sup> + x<sup>4</sup> + x<sup>3</sup> + x + 1. The algorithm is described in the ISO 3309 standard. </p> <p class="publication">Press W.H., Flannery B.P., Teukolsky S.A. and Vetterling W.T.<br /> <strong>Cyclic redundancy and other checksums</strong><br /> <a href="http://www.nrbook.com/b/bookcpdf.php">Numerical recipes in C 2nd ed., pp896-902, Cambridge University Press (1993)</a>)</p> Checksum:i4FD12B031F595DDD
GO

Sequence databases

Select the link destinations:

EMBL nucleotide sequence database

More...EMBLi

GenBank nucleotide sequence database

More...GenBanki

DNA Data Bank of Japan; a nucleotide sequence database

More...DDBJi
Links Updated
X17243 mRNA Translation: CAA35108.1
BC073407 mRNA Translation: AAH73407.1

Protein sequence database of the Protein Information Resource

More...PIRi		A34575

NCBI Reference Sequences

More...RefSeqi		NP_001079129.1, NM_001085660.1
XP_018117108.1, XM_018261619.1

Genome annotation databases

Database of genes from NCBI RefSeq genomes

More...GeneIDi		373664

KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes

More...KEGGi		xla:373664

<p>This section provides links to proteins that are similar to the protein sequence(s) described in this entry at different levels of sequence identity thresholds (100%, 90% and 50%) based on their membership in UniProt Reference Clusters (<a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/uniref">UniRef</a>).<p><a href='/help/similar_proteins_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Similar proteinsi

<p>This section is used to point to information related to entries and found in data collections other than UniProtKB.<p><a href='/help/cross_references_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Cross-referencesi

Sequence databases

Select the link destinations:
EMBLi
GenBanki
DDBJi
Links Updated
X17243 mRNA Translation: CAA35108.1
BC073407 mRNA Translation: AAH73407.1
PIRiA34575
RefSeqiNP_001079129.1, NM_001085660.1
XP_018117108.1, XM_018261619.1

3D structure databases

Database of comparative protein structure models

More...ModBasei		Search...

SWISS-MODEL Interactive Workspace

More...SWISS-MODEL-Workspacei		Submit a new modelling project...

Protocols and materials databases

The DNASU plasmid repository

More...DNASUi		373664

Genome annotation databases

GeneIDi373664
KEGGixla:373664

Organism-specific databases

Comparative Toxicogenomics Database

More...CTDi		373664
XenbaseiXB-GENE-876609, gja1.L

Phylogenomic databases

OMAiLVIQWYM
OrthoDBi823525at2759

Family and domain databases

Gene3Di1.20.1440.80, 1 hit
1.20.5.1130, 1 hit
InterProiView protein in InterPro
IPR035091, Alpha_helix_dom_sf
IPR000500, Connexin
IPR002261, Connexin43
IPR013124, Connexin43_C
IPR034634, Connexin_C
IPR019570, Connexin_CCC
IPR017990, Connexin_CS
IPR013092, Connexin_N
IPR038359, Connexin_N_sf
PANTHERiPTHR11984, PTHR11984, 1 hit
PTHR11984:SF33, PTHR11984:SF33, 1 hit
PfamiView protein in Pfam
PF00029, Connexin, 1 hit
PF03508, Connexin43, 1 hit
PRINTSiPR00206, CONNEXIN
PR01132, CONNEXINA1
SMARTiView protein in SMART
SM00037, CNX, 1 hit
SM01089, Connexin_CCC, 1 hit
SUPFAMiSSF118220, SSF118220, 1 hit
PROSITEiView protein in PROSITE
PS00407, CONNEXINS_1, 1 hit
PS00408, CONNEXINS_2, 1 hit

MobiDB: a database of protein disorder and mobility annotations

More...MobiDBi		Search...

<p>This section provides general information on the entry.<p><a href='/help/entry_information_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry informationi

<p>This subsection of the 'Entry information' section provides a mnemonic identifier for a UniProtKB entry, but it is not a stable identifier. Each reviewed entry is assigned a unique entry name upon integration into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.<p><a href='/help/entry_name' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry nameiCXA1_XENLA
<p>This subsection of the 'Entry information' section provides one or more accession number(s). These are stable identifiers and should be used to cite UniProtKB entries. Upon integration into UniProtKB, each entry is assigned a unique accession number, which is called 'Primary (citable) accession number'.<p><a href='/help/accession_numbers' target='_top'>More...</a></p>AccessioniPrimary (citable) accession number: P16863
Secondary accession number(s): Q6GNU5
<p>This subsection of the 'Entry information' section shows the date of integration of the entry into UniProtKB, the date of the last sequence update and the date of the last annotation modification ('Last modified'). The version number for both the entry and the <a href="http://www.uniprot.org/help/canonical_and_isoforms">canonical sequence</a> are also displayed.<p><a href='/help/entry_history' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry historyiIntegrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot: August 1, 1990
Last sequence update: January 23, 2007
Last modified: June 2, 2021
This is version 112 of the entry and version 2 of the sequence. See complete history.
<p>This subsection of the 'Entry information' section indicates whether the entry has been manually annotated and reviewed by UniProtKB curators or not, in other words, if the entry belongs to the Swiss-Prot section of UniProtKB (<strong>reviewed</strong>) or to the computer-annotated TrEMBL section (<strong>unreviewed</strong>).<p><a href='/help/entry_status' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Entry statusiReviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)
Annotation programChordata Protein Annotation Program

<p>This section contains any relevant information that doesn't fit in any other defined sections<p><a href='/help/miscellaneous_section' target='_top'>More...</a></p>Miscellaneousi

Documents

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    Index of protein domains and families
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