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Mouse (GRCm39)
Description

gap junction protein, alpha 5 [Source:MGI Symbol;Acc:MGI:95716]

Gene Synonyms

Cx40, Gja-5, connexin 40

Location

Chromosome 3: 96,812,009-96,984,732 forward strand.

GRCm39:CM000996.3

About this gene

This gene has 5 transcripts (splice variants), 253 orthologues, 19 paralogues and is associated with 29 phenotypes.

Transcript IDNamebpProteinTranslation IDBiotypeCCDSUniProt MatchFlags
ENSMUST00000072600.8Gja5-2013130358aaENSMUSP00000088264.6
 
Protein coding
CCDS17652A0A654ICB8 Q01231 Ensembl CanonicalGENCODE PrimaryGENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1TSL:1
ENSMUST00000199597.2Gja5-2033668368aaENSMUSP00000143542.2
 
Protein coding
Q8CAG8 GENCODE BasicTSL:1
ENSMUST00000400879.1Gja5-2043230358aaENSMUSP00000179242.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS17652A0A654ICB8 GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1
ENSMUST00000400880.1Gja5-2053125358aaENSMUSP00000179243.1
 
Protein coding
CCDS17652A0A654ICB8 GENCODE BasicAPPRIS P1
ENSMUST00000132256.8Gja5-20240581aaENSMUSP00000123582.2
 
Protein coding
Q6TPI9 TSL:1CDS 3' incomplete