disease:Defects in GJA5 are a cause of idiopathic atrial fibrillation [MIM:108770]. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is characterized by rapid and irregular activation of the atrium.,function:One gap junction consists of a cluster of closely packed pairs of transmembrane channels, the connexons, through which materials of low MW diffuse from one cell to a neighboring cell.,similarity:Belongs to the connexin family. Alpha-type (group II) subfamily.,subunit:A connexon is composed of a hexamer of connexins.,
Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell junction, gap junction.
Placenta,