GJB4

Identifiers

GJB4, CX30.3, EKV, gap junction protein beta 4, EKVP2

External IDs

OMIM: 605425 MGI: 95722 HomoloGene: 7339 GeneCards: GJB4

Gene location (Human)

Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)^[1]

Band	1p34.3	Start	34,759,740 bp^[1]
Band	1p34.3	End	34,762,327 bp^[1]

Gene location (Mouse)

Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)^[2]

Band	4 D2.2\|4 61.51 cM	Start	127,244,879 bp^[2]
Band	4 D2.2\|4 61.51 cM	End	127,247,874 bp^[2]

RNA expression pattern

Bgee

Human

Mouse (ortholog)

Top expressed in

skin of abdomen

gallbladder

vagina

islet of Langerhans

thymus

urinary bladder

prostate

minor salivary gland

appendix

rectum

Top expressed in

esophagus

skin of back

hair follicle

skin of abdomen

cornea

cervix

stomach

spinal cord

membranous labyrinth

More reference expression data

BioGPS


More reference expression data

Gene ontology
Molecular function	gap junction channel activity
Cellular component	connexin complex integral component of membrane gap junction plasma membrane membrane nucleus nucleolus cell junction integral component of plasma membrane
Biological process	cell communication sensory perception of smell olfactory behavior cell-cell signaling transmembrane transport gap junction-mediated intercellular transport
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO

Orthologs

Species

Human

Mouse

Entrez


127534


14621

Ensembl


ENSG00000189433


ENSMUSG00000046623

UniProt


Q9NTQ9


Q02738

RefSeq (mRNA)


NM_153212


NM_008127

RefSeq (protein)


NP_694944


NP_032153

Location (UCSC)

Chr 1: 34.76 – 34.76 Mb

Chr 4: 127.24 – 127.25 Mb

PubMed search

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Wikidata

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Gap junction beta-4 protein (GJB4), also known as connexin 30.3 (Cx30.3) — is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GJB4 gene.^[5]

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Membrane transport protein: ion channels (TC 1A)

Ca²⁺: Calcium channel

Ligand-gated	Inositol trisphosphate receptor 1 2 3 Ryanodine receptor 1 2 3
Voltage-gated	L-type/Ca_vα 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 N-type/Ca_vα2.2 P-type/Ca_vα 2.1 Q-type/Ca_vα2.1 R-type/Ca_vα2.3 T-type/Ca_vα 3.1 3.2 3.3 α₂δ-subunits 1 2 β-subunits β1 β2 β3 β4 γ-subunits γ1 γ2 γ3 γ4 Cation channels of sperm 1 2 3 4 Two-pore channel 1 2

Na⁺: Sodium channel

Constitutively active	Epithelial sodium channel α β γ δ
Proton-gated	Amiloride-sensitive cation channel 1 2 3 4
Voltage-gated	Na_vα 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 7A Na_vβ 1 2 3 4

K⁺: Potassium channel

Calcium-activated	BK channel α1 β1 β2 β3 β4 SK channel SK1 SK2 SK3 IK channel IK1 K_Ca 1.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 4.1 4.2 5.1
Inward-rectifier	K_ATP K_ir 1.1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.6 GIRK/K_ir 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 K_ir 4.1 4.2 5.1 6.1 6.2 7.1
Tandem pore domain	K2P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 12 13 15 16 17 18
Voltage-gated	K_vα1-6 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 5.1 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 K_vα7-12 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8.1 8.2 9.1 9.2 9.3 10.1 10.2 11.1/hERG 11.2 11.3 12.1 12.2 12.3 K_vβ 1 2 3 KCNIP 1 2 3 4 minK/ISK minK/ISK-like MiRP 1 2 3 Shaker (gene)

Miscellaneous

Cl⁻: Chloride channel	Calcium-activated chloride channels Anoctamin ANO1 Bestrophin 1 2 Chloride Channel Accessory 1 2 3 4 CFTR CLCN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 KA KB CLIC 1 2 3 4 5 6 L1 CLNS 1A 1B
H⁺: Proton channel	HVCN1
M⁺: CNG cation channel	α 1 2 3 4 β 1 2 3 HCN FC 1 2 3 4
M⁺: TRP cation channel	TRPA (1) TRPC 1 2 3 4 4AP 5 6 7 TRPM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TRPML 1 2 3 TRPN TRPP 1 2 TRPV 1 2 3 4 5 6
H₂O (+ solutes): Porin	Aquaporin 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Voltage-dependent anion channel 1 2 3 General bacterial porin family
Cytoplasm: Gap junction	Connexin A GJA1 GJA3 GJA4 GJA5 GJA8 GJA9 GJA10 B GJB1 GJB2 GJB3 GJB4 GJB5 GJB6 GJB7 C GJC1 GJC2 GJC3 D GJD2 GJD3 GJD4 Innexin

By gating mechanism

Ion channel class	Ligand-gated Light-gated Voltage-gated Stretch-activated

see also disorders

References

Further reading