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Designing a Western blot for GJA1? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
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Facts about Gap junction alpha-1 protein.
May play a critical role in the physiology of hearing by participating in the recycling of potassium to the cochlear endolymph. Negative regulator of bladder functional capacity: acts by enhancing intercellular electrical and chemical transmission, thus sensitizing bladder muscles to cholinergic neural stimuli and making them contract (By similarity).
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | GJA1 |
| Uniprot: | P17302 |
| Entrez: | 2697 |

| Belongs to: |
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| connexin family |

Connexin 43; connexin-43; CX43; CX43gap junction protein, alpha-like; DFNB38; Gap junction 43 kDa heart protein; gap junction alpha-1 protein; gap junction protein, alpha 1, 43kDa (connexin 43); gap junction protein, alpha 1, 43kDa; GJA1; GJAL; HSS; ODD; ODDD; ODOD; SDTY3
Mass (kDA):
43.008 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 6q22.31 |
| Sequence: | 6; NC_000006.12 (121435646..121449727) |
Expressed in the heart and fetal cochlea.
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell junction, gap junction. Endoplasmic reticulum. Localizes at the intercalated disk (ICD) in cardiomyocytes and the proper localization at ICD is dependent on TMEM65.






PMID: 1696265 by Fishman G.I., et al. Molecular characterization and functional expression of the human cardiac gap junction channel.
PMID: 1646158 by Fishman G.I., et al. The human connexin gene family of gap junction proteins: distinct chromosomal locations but similar structures.
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