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Gja1 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Gja1
  • Name
    gap junction protein, alpha 1
  • Synonyms
    alpha 1 connexin, Cnx43, connexin43, connexin 43, Cx43, Cx43alpha1, Gja-1
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:95713
    NCBI Gene: 14609
  • Alliance
    gene page
  • Transcription Start Sites
    25 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr10:56253297-56266519 bp, + strand
    From NCBI annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
    Ensembl | UCSC | NCBI
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 10, 28.64 cM
  • Mapping Data
    10 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    88 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • RFLP
    1
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_95713
 protein coding gene Chr10:56253297-56278609 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0017236
 protein coding gene Chr10:55684287-55700175 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0017212
 protein coding gene Chr10:54046834-54060212 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0017172
 protein coding gene Chr10:55132654-55145949 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0017173
 protein coding gene Chr10:54151670-54164924 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0016996
 protein coding gene Chr10:55409601-55423709 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0017632
 protein coding gene Chr10:57405649-57419543 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0015326
 protein coding gene Chr10:51020932-51033388 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0016569
 protein coding gene Chr10:55375567-55388314 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0016968
 protein coding gene Chr10:59849102-59863912 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0017073
 protein coding gene Chr10:53411077-53424349 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0017068
 protein coding gene Chr10:52693857-52708110 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0017148
 protein coding gene Chr10:55761779-55778069 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0017097
 protein coding gene Chr10:61984796-61999248 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0017669
 protein coding gene Chr10:55016268-55030426 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0016350
 protein coding gene Chr10:53250734-53264088 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0016136
 protein coding gene Chr10:54699399-54715235 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0016634
 protein coding gene Chr10:55229933-55242834 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    GJA1, gap junction protein alpha 1
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    4
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    GJA1, gap junction protein alpha 1
  • Synonyms
    AVSD3, CMDR, CX43, EKVP, EKVP3, GJAL, HLHS1, HSS, ODDD, PPKCA
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 2697
    neXtProt AC: NX_P17302
    UniProt: P17302

  • Chr Location
    6q22.31; chr6:121435595-121449727 (+)  GRCh38
Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    1 with Gja1 mouse models; 8 with human GJA1 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
IDs
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IDs
IDs
IDs
IDs
IDs
IDs
IDs
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    4 with disease annotations
  • References
    4 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    231 phenotypes from 21 alleles in 27 genetic backgrounds
    39 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    10 images
    350 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

Click cells to view annotations.
Mutant homozygotes are neonatal lethal with heart and outflow tract malformations, eye lens anomalies, and male germ cell deficiency. Conditional deletion in ovary affects follicular development, in astrocytes enhances locomotor activity, and in neural cells produces behavioral and neural defects.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
    219
  • GO References
    62
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
non-membrane-bounded organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
    1848
  • Tissues
    705
  • cDNA Data
    367
  • Literature Summary
    261
  • Comparison Matrix
    Gene Expression + Phenotype
    • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic 14609 NCBI Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 13223 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript NM_001428500 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 3276 C57BL/6  
    polypeptide P23242 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 382 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 408
      Genomic 9
      cDNA 370
      Primer pair 20
      Other 9

      Microarray probesets 6
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-10079, MGD-MRK-10085, MGI:2143760, MGI:2143856
    References
    more
    • Summaries
      All 808
      Developmental Gene Expression 261
      Diseases 4
      Gene Ontology 62
      Phenotypes 350
    • Earliest
      J:109968 Roderick TH, et al., Nineteen paracentric chromosomal inversions in mice. Genetics. 1974 Jan;76(1):109-17
    • Latest
      J:346440 Pelz L, et al., The IgCAM BT-IgSF (IgSF11) is essential for connexin43-mediated astrocyte-astrocyte coupling in mice. eNeuro. 2024 Feb 22;11(3):ENEURO.0283-23.2024
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    04/16/2024
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