CELE_C36H8.2, opu-6, C36H8.2

inx-6 encodes an innexin, an integral transmembrane channel protein that is a structural component of invertebrate gap junctions; INX-6 is required for formation of pharyngeal gap junctions and thus for the electrical coupling and synchronous muscle contractions necessary for normal feeding behavior and postembryonic development; INX-6 may function redundantly with EAT-5, another C. elegans innexin; INX-6 expression is first detected in embryonic pharyngeal precursors and during later larval and adult stages, in pharyngeal corpus muscles and isthmus marginal cells, where INX-6 localizes to plaque-like structures in the plasma membrane.

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