This family includes the Drosophila proteins Ogre and shaking-B, and the C. elegans proteins Unc-7 and Unc-9. Members of this family are integral membrane proteins which are involved in the formation of gap junctions [1]. This family has been named the Innexins [2].

1: Drosophila Shaking-B protein forms gap junctions in paired Xenopus oocytes. Phelan P, Stebbings LA, Baines RA, Bacon JP, Davies JA, Ford C; Nature 1998;391:181-184. PMID:9428764

2: Innexins: a family of invertebrate gap-junction proteins. Phelan P, Bacon JP, Davies JA, Stebbings LA, Todman MG, Avery L, Baines RA, Barnes TM, Ford C, Hekimi S, Lee R, Shaw JE, Starich TA, Curtin KD, Sun Y, Wyman RJ; Trends Genet 1998;14:348-349. PMID:9769729

3: Innexins get into the gap. Phelan P,Starich TA Bioessays 2001;23:388-396. PMID:11340620