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Cartoon of two potential modes of gap junction (GJ) turnover. Mode 1 proceeds through formation of a double membrane structure that will become an annular junction. Mode 2 involves opening of the gap between the two membranes by changes in phosphorylation or ubiquitinylation that destabilize the junction followed by conventional endocytosis.
