Protein
Gap junction gamma-2 protein
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
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. May play a role in myelination in central and peripheral nervous systems (By similarity).
Similarity
Belongs to the connexin family. Gamma-type subfamily.
Sequence
MTNMSWSFLTRLLEEIHNHSTFVGKVWLTVLVVFRIVLTAVGGESIYSDEQSKFTCNTRQPGCDNVCYDAFAPLSHVRFWVFQIVVISTPSVMYLGYAVHRLARASEQERRRALRRRPGPRRLPRAQLPPPPPGWPDTTDLGEAEPILALEEDEDEEPGAPEGPGEDTEEERTEDVAAKGGGGDGKTVVTPGPAGQHDGRRRIQREGLMRVYVAQLVVRAAFEVAFLVGQYLLYGFEVPPFFACSRQPCPHVVDCFVSRPTEKTVFLLVMYVVSCLCLLLNLCEMAHLGLGSAQDAVRGRRGASAAGPGPAPRPPPCAFPAAAAGLACPPDYSLVVRAAERARAHDQNLANLALQALRDGAAVAAVSADRDSPPCSGLNATSRGPPRAGGPASGTGSATSGGTVGEQGRSGAQEQLATKPRVGSEKGSTGSRDGKATVWI