GJA3

Gap junction alpha-3 protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GJA3 gene.^[5][6][7]

GJA3
Identifiers
Aliases	GJA3, CTRCT14, CX46, CZP3, gap junction protein alpha 3
External IDs	OMIM: 121015; MGI: 95714; HomoloGene: 9670; GeneCards: GJA3; OMA:GJA3 - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 13 (human)[1] Band 13q12.11 Start 20,138,255 bp[1] End 20,161,052 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 14 (mouse)[2] Band 14 C3|14 29.82 cM Start 57,271,917 bp[2] End 57,295,557 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in myocardium of left ventricle right ventricle tendon of biceps brachii testicle apex of heart right atrium right auricle of heart secondary oocyte right coronary artery islet of Langerhans Top expressed in epithelium of lens renal corpuscle atrioventricular valve hair follicle aortic valve atrium embryo myocardium of ventricle ciliary body lip More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function gap junction channel activity Cellular component integral component of membrane gap junction cell junction plasma membrane connexin complex membrane Biological process cell communication cell-cell signaling transmembrane transport visual perception Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 2700 14611 Ensembl ENSG00000121743 ENSMUSG00000048582 UniProt Q9Y6H8 Q64448 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_021954 NM_001271623 NM_016975 RefSeq (protein) NP_068773 NP_001258552 NP_058671 Location (UCSC) Chr 13: 20.14 – 20.16 Mb Chr 14: 57.27 – 57.3 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Interactions

GJA3 has been shown to interact with Tight junction protein 1.^[8]