Protein
Gap junction alpha-6 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.
Similarity
Belongs to the connexin family. Alpha-type (group II) subfamily.
Sequence
MSDWSALHQLLEKVQPYSTAGGKVWIKVLFIFRILLLGTAIESAWSDEQFEFHCNTQQPGCENVCYDQAFPISHVRLWVLQVIFVSVPTLLHLAHVYYVIRQNEKLKKQEEEELKVAHFNGASGERRLQKHTGKHIKCGSKEHGNRKMRGRLLLTYMASIFFKSVFEVAFLLIQWYLYGFTLSAVYICEQSPCPHRVDCFLSRPTEKTIFILFMLVVSMVSFVLNVIELFYVLFKAIKNHLGNEKEEVYCNPVELQKPSCVSSSAVLTTICSSDQVVPVGLSSFYM