Regulation of gap junction activity

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R-HSA-191650
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Src is believed to suppress gap junction communication by phosphorylating Cx43. The kinases c-Src (Giepmans et al. 2001; Sorgen et al. 2004), PKc (Lin et al. 2003) and MAPK (Mograbi et al. 2003) play an essential role in the phosphorylation of Cx which leads to its degradation. c-Src appears to associate with and phosphorylate Cx43 leading to closure of gap junctions. Evidence suggests that v-src may activate MAPK, which in turn phosphorylates Cx43 on serine sites leading to channel gating (Zhou et al. 1999).
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PubMed ID Title Journal Year
14638725 Protein kinase Cgamma regulation of gap junction activity through caveolin-1-containing lipid rafts

Zhou, J, Zelenka, PS, Takemoto, DJ, Lin, D

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2003
10085299 Dissection of the molecular basis of pp60(v-src) induced gating of connexin 43 gap junction channels

Kasperek, EM, Nicholson, BJ, Zhou, L

J Cell Biol 1999
15492000 Structural changes in the carboxyl terminus of the gap junction protein connexin43 indicates signaling between binding domains for c-Src and zonula occludens-1

Sahoo, P, Spray, DC, Duffy, HS, Delmar, M, Sorgen, PL, Coombs, W

J Biol Chem 2004
11124251 Interaction of c-Src with gap junction protein connexin-43. Role in the regulation of cell-cell communication.

Moolenaar, WH, Giepmans, BN, Hengeveld, T, Postma, FR

J Biol Chem 2001
12807735 Aberrant Connexin 43 endocytosis by the carcinogen lindane involves activation of the ERK/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway

Mograbi, B, Samson, M, Defamie, N, Pointis, G, Corcelle, E, Segretain, D, Fenichel, P, Nebout, M

Carcinogenesis 2003
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