Connexon

Connexin-26 Hexamer from the side and front.

Connexon scheme

Parent
Gap Junction
Gene Ontology
QuickGO

The connexon is the pore-forming complex made up of six connexin molecules. Two connexons form a gap junction channel that crosses the membranes of two adjacent cells and thus connects the cytoplasms of two adjacent cells. Several hundred gap junction channels together form the gap junction , which enables the exchange of ions and small molecules between neighboring cells.

The transport equation:

Low molecular compound (cytoplasm cell 1) Low molecular compound (cytoplasm cell 2) ${\displaystyle \mathrm {\rightleftharpoons } }$

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1.A.24 The gap junction forming connexin (connexin) Family. In: TCDB. Saier Lab Bioinformatics, accessed September 6, 2010 .