# Gap junction protein, alpha 5

> mammalian protein found in Rattus norvegicus

**Wikidata**: [Q28561059](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28561059)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gap-junction-protein-alpha-5-q28561059


## References

1. UniProt
2. [InterPro Release 71.0](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/protein/P28234)
3. Q20641742
4. [Molecular cloning and expression of rat connexin40, a gap junction protein expressed in vascular smooth muscle](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
5. [GOA](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
6. [Gap junction channels formed by coexpressed connexin40 and connexin43](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
7. [Characterization of the Structure and Intermolecular Interactions between the Connexin40 and Connexin43 Carboxyl-terminal and Cytoplasmic Loop Domains](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
8. [Individual gap junction plaques contain multiple connexins in arterial endothelium](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
9. [Rapid endothelial cell-selective loading of connexin 40 antibody blocks endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor dilation in rat small mesenteric arteries](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
10. [Connexins 37 and 40 transduce purinergic signals mediating renal autoregulation](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
11. [Age-related alteration of gap junction distribution and connexin expression in rat aortic endothelium](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
12. [Unique conductance, gating, and selective permeability properties of gap junction channels formed by connexin40](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
13. [Developmental changes of connexin40 and connexin43 mRNA distribution patterns in the rat heart](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
14. [Effects of connexin-mimetic peptides on gap junction functionality and connexin expression in cultured vascular cells](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
15. [Expression and role of connexins in the rat renal vasculature](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
16. [Role of the gap junctions in the contractile response to agonists in pulmonary artery from two rat models of pulmonary hypertension](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
17. [Endothelial coordination of cerebral vasomotion via myoendothelial gap junctions containing connexins 37 and 40](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/annotations?geneProductId=UniProtKB:P28234)
18. ensembl Release 104