Gap junction delta-4 protein; connexin-40.1; Cx40.1 (GJD4, CX401)

Function

• 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
• connexon is composed of a hexamer of connexins

Structure

• belongs to the connexin family. delta-type subfamily

Compartment

• cell membrane, cell junction, gap junction
• multi-pass membrane protein (putative)

More general terms

• membrane protein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q96KN9.html