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Table 3 Translation between different connexin nomenclature systems in mammals and teleosts. Some pseudogenes are not included in the overview

From: Phylogeny of teleost connexins reveals highly inconsistent intra- and interspecies use of nomenclature and misassemblies in recent teleost chromosome assemblies

Mammals

Teleosts

Greek

Size

Alphabet

Amended Greek

Commonly used Greek

Commonly used size

GJA1

Cx43

CXNK12

gja1a

gja1, gja1like

cx43, cx40.8

gja1b

–

–

–

gja2a

gja3like

cx39.9

gja2b

GJA3

Cx46

CXNJ1

gja3a

gja3, gja3like, gja3a, gja3b

cx48.5

gja3b

GJA4

Cx37

CXNH1

gja4a

gja4

cx39.4

gja4b

GJA5

Cx40

CXNI

gja5a

gja5, gja5like, gja5a, gja5b

cx41.8

gja5b

GJA6, GJA6P

Cx33, Cx43pX

Cxnk22

–

–

–

GJA8

Cx50

CXNL

gja8a

gja8, gja8a, gja8b

cx44.1, cx44.2

gja8b

GJA9

Cx58

CXNM

gja9a

gja9, gja9like

cx52.9, cx55.5

gja9b

GJA10

Cx62, Cx59

CXNN

gja10a

gja10, gja10like

cx52.6, cx62, cx52.7

gja10b

–

–

–

gja11

 

cx32.7, cx34.5

–

–

–

gja12

 

cx28.1, cx28.9, cx32.2like

–

–

–

gja13

 

cx32.2, cx32.3, cx32.2like

GJB1

Cx32

CXNG

gjb1a

gjb1, gjb1like

cx27.5, cx31.7

gjb1b

GJB2

Cx26

CXNE

–

–

–

GJB3

Cx31

CXNC

gjb3a

gjb3like

cx35.4

gjb3b

GJB4

Cx30.3

CXNB

–

–

–

GJB5

Cx31.1

CXNA

–

–

–

GJB6

Cx30

CXNF

–

–

–

GJB7

Cx25

CXND

gjb7

gjb7

cx25, cx28.8

–

–

–

gjb8a

gjb2like, gjb6like

cx30.3, cx33.8

gjb8b

–

–

–

gjb9a

gjb4like

cx28.6, cx30.9

gjb9b

–

–

–

gjb10a

gjb4like

cx34.4

gjb10b

GJC1

Cx45

CXNQ

gjc1a

gjc1, gjc1like, gjc1a, gjc1b

cx45

gjc1b

GJC2

Cx47

CXNO

gjc2

gjc2

cx47.1

GJC3

Cx31.3

CXNP1

–

–

–

–

–

–

gjc4a

gjc1like

cx43.4, cx44.2

gjc4b

–

–

–

gjd1a

gjd1a, gjd2like

 

gjd1b

GJD2

Cx36

CXNS

gjd2a

gjd2, gjd2b, gjd2like

cx35, cx35.1

gjd2b

GJD3

Cx31.9

CXNR

gjd3

gjd3, gjd3like

 

GJD4

Cx40.1, Cx39

CXNU

gjd4a

gjd4, gjd4like

cx40.1

gjd4b

1

Cx39.2

–

gjd5a

gjd2like

 

gjd5b

–

–

–

gjd6

gjd2like

cx36.7

GJE1

Cx23

CXNT

gje1

gje1, gje1like

cx23

  1. 1There is no official Greek designation for this group, and the predicted genes in mammals have received different names, such as GJA4like, GJD2like or GJC2like (Suppl. Fig. 12). Following our suggestion for the teleosts, the group should be called GJD5 in mammals
  2. 2The human and mouse genes in the CXNK group have not been named consistently in the alphabetic nomenclature. According to our view, the naming in ref. [26] reflects the following orthologous relationships: GJA1 = Cx43 proper = human CXNK2 = mouse cxnk1; human GJA1P = human Cx43P1 = human CXNK1 = no mouse ortholog; human Cx43pX = human GJA6P = no alphabet name in humans = mouse GJA6 = mouse cxnk2
  3. The mammalian Greek nomenclature (first column) is decided by the Human and Mouse Nomenclature Committees. The size nomenclature system in mammals (second column) mentions sizes used in humans and mouse, with exception of the third last row, which shows the size in opossum. The alphabet nomenclature system (third column) was recently suggested by Premzl for eutherian connexins (ref. [26]). Our suggested amended Greek nomenclature for teleosts is shown in bold in the fourth column. The groups with teleost ohnologs are indicated with a/b. The phylogenetic tree with the nomenclatures is shown in Suppl. Fig. 17
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