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XSB2254 : Gap junction alpha-8 protein

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This entry is computationally expanded from SB0016

* Basic Information

OrganismRattus norvegicus (Norway rat)
Protein NamesConnexin-50; Cx50
Gene NamesGja8
Gene LocusNot available
GO FunctionNot available
Entrez Protein Entrez Nucleotide Entrez Gene UniProt OMIM HGNC HPRD KEGG
Q8K4Q9 N/A N/A CXA8_RAT N/A N/A N/A rno:

* Information From OMIM

Not Available.

* Structure Information

1. Primary Information

Length: 440 aa

Average Mass: 49.401 kDa

Monoisotopic Mass: 49.370 kDa

2. Domain Information

Annotated Domains: interpro / pfam / smart / prosite

Computationally Assigned Domains (Pfam+HMMER):

domain namebeginendscoree-value
Connexin 1. 3129311.91.3e-90
Connexin_CCC 1. 168234165.81.3e-46
Connexin50 1. 267333187.15e-53
--- cleavage 290 (inside Connexin50 267..333) ---
HIRA_B 1. 385417-5.79

3. Sequence Information

Fasta Sequence: XSB2254.fasta

Amino Acid Sequence and Secondary Structures (PsiPred):

4. 3D Information

Not Available.

* Cleavage Information

1 [sites]

Cleavage sites (±10aa)

[Site 1] IVSHYFPLTE290-VGMVETSPLS

Glu290 Val

P10 P9 P8 P7 P6 P5 P4 P3 P2 P1
Ile281Val282Ser283His284Tyr285Phe286Pro287Leu288Thr289Glu290
P1' P2' P3' P4' P5' P6' P7' P8' P9' P10'
Val291Gly292Met293Val294Glu295Thr296Ser297Pro298Leu299Ser300

Sequence conservation (by blast)

* References

[PubMed ID: 12356818] Yamashita S, Furumoto K, Nobukiyo A, Kamohara M, Ushijima T, Furukawa T, Mapping of A gene responsible for cataract formation and its modifier in the UPL rat. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2002 Oct;43(10):3153-9.